Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor will end his term in office later this year. In his final annual
Author: Raymond Smith
Raymond Smith - Writer and former resident of HMPS
In March, Inside Time exclusively revealed plans for ‘Scandinavian-style’ wings at two London prisons, Pentonville and Wandsworth. They are
Fathers in prison have taken part in a four-week course called ‘For Dads Who Can’t Braid’ – teaching them
Twelve months ago, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies produced a report that identified ethnic disparity in criminal
When Shabana Mahmood was Justice Secretary in February 2025 she visited the United States along with former Conservative justice
It has been a hectic and rather distressing couple of weeks for those who want genuine prison reform. I
Dame Vera Baird, Chair of the miscarriages of justice watchdog, speaks exclusively to Inside Time It is just over
The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody advises the Government on how to save lives within the justice
I often learn things when I conduct interviews, and believe me I have a lot to learn, but the
I have a backlog of stories which I want to write, but life has overtaken them, so instead I
The Government has just launched the Rudd Review of prisons. Amber Rudd (pictured) accompanied David Lammy, the Justice Secretary
When I heard that the Parliamentary Chess Club were going to visit HMP Wormwood Scrubs to play chess against
The school summer holidays are nearly here, and for children up and down the country that means it is
The Justice Secretary has just appointed former home secretary Amber Rudd to undertake a review of prisons. She has,
Retired prison officer Joe Chapman runs a Facebook forum campaigning for improvements at the UK’s newest jail, HMP Millsike.
In Victorian times and earlier, it was commonplace for those in prison to have to pay for their own
I have just read the Independent Monitoring Boards’ (IMBs’) annual report, covering prisons and immigration detention centres. They certainly
Many years ago, I saw a cartoon in a magazine, and it is stuck in my thoughts now. It
There are some projects in prisons that are so clearly positive that you wonder why other places haven’t already
From Listener to Buddy, student to author, Colin Pritchard has packed as much as possible into his time inside