“I never used to read. Hated it.” That is how Main Man Ali from NPR’s breakfast show, Porridge, describes
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First, thanks for all of the letters I’ve received on the back of last month’s ‘it’s all a mess’
What happened A long time ago, there was a rule that said LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) people
More than a century ago, Winston Churchill ordered a report to find out which books were the most popular
This is a letter from one of the lost and forgotten prisoners. In 1999, I was sentenced to a
Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor will end his term in office later this year. In his final annual
This month Inside Time launches a new regular column on Scottish prisons and justice, written by a serving prisoner
In a regular column, Nick London describes life in open conditions For nearly two years I’ve reported in this
I have led a life filled with mayhem, danger and strife, and I have made many mistakes and now
Behind these walls of steel and stone, A crowded place, yet still alone The echoes bounce, the silence screams
This drug fuelled game, has got me insane I smoke a pipe, my mind goes ripe. My head is
I Wanna dance Sing in the Rain Just wash away the pain of today Drums in the sky Like
30 years on: Tupac murder trial begins Thirty years after the death of Tupac Shakur, one of hip-hop’s most
Dale Preece-Kelly brings therapy animals into prisons and is known to Inside Time readers for his regular Critterish Corner
As part of the programme of changing the early release scheme defined in the Sentencing Act 2026, the Prime
I would like to inform readers about the recent event we had here on Friday 26 June to celebrate
I am a Listener at HMP Bure, and I’ve been asked to write to you about a recent event
A coroner’s report has found that a lack of medication “played a part” in the death of an inmate
When Shabana Mahmood was Justice Secretary in February 2025 she visited the United States along with former Conservative justice
The walls of the system are cold, but not as cold as truth, We stood in the shadows, recapturing