I sat at Manchester Piccadilly station on a blustery Thursday evening wondering how I would get back to my
Author: Raymond Smith
Raymond Smith - Writer and former resident of HMPS
I have recently attended a number of excellent conferences and meetings where reform of, and improvements to, the justice
There are many things wrong in this country, and of course I write about those that worry me within
I know how fortunate I am to have a job writing for Inside Time. I meet some remarkable people,
England’s newest prison, HMP Millsike, opened in April 2025. It is still only part-full, yet it has already been
Once again, I give you a true story sent in by a reader and I am delighted to publish
Prison separates families, and that can be hard to bear. Whether you are in a partnership that is strong,
When Inside Time revealed that the Government was considering changing the structure of the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) in
When I set out to write one of these weekly pieces, or perhaps weakly pieces, I sometimes struggle for
After serving time in prison, Isaiah James now runs a company promoting fitness and healthy eating behind bars I
It may seem hard to believe, but it is less than 30 years since a sociologist, Judy Singer, coined
Author Andy West, whose best-selling memoir was adapted into this year’s BBC One drama Waiting for the Out, visited
Sara Snell, Scotland’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, spoke with Inside Time about the issues raised in her latest annual
The Government is committed to providing 14,000 new prison places by 2031. This involves building four giant prisons and
I find it repetitive and depressing, week after week, to keep writing in our paper about things within the
There is so much going wrong in the prison system at present, and don’t mention the wider world. Yet
In January, Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor published a report praising reading initiatives within some prisons. He referred
Prisons are increasingly offering a chance to train for work on the railways. What’s the job like, and does
With International Women’s Day here on 8 March, and as the Women’s Justice Board, established by the Government in
Charities deliver vital services in prisons, from drug rehabilitation to visits centres to music and drama sessions. Clinks is