In a justice system that’s ‘designed to blame rather than prevent’, men behind bars are being given a second chance through a ...

On a number of occasions I have had the opportunity to discuss education within prisons with Maria Navarro, Ofsted’s special ...

A prison dubbed Britain's cushiest jail has ... possible grade for security - and placed them alongside notorious Pentonville, Bristol and Wandsworth in the lowest bracket of jails across the ...

The Health and Justice Learning Hub, commissioned by the London Region Team at NHS England as a three year pilot project, has ...

But when he found himself locked up on remand the streetwise south London star soon found his tough-guy image counted for little in the violent culture of the prison system. Kaish spent four ...

One of the less obvious causes of pain is the law’s delays. Every week, on the wings of HM Prison Pentonville (north London’s Dickensian, 182-year-old jail, holding more than 1000 prisoners on remand) ...

Part of History Crime and punishment in Britain, c.1000 to the present day Prisoners at Pentonville prison spent nearly all their time alone and in their cells, for as many as 23 hours in each day.

Prisoners were put to work sewing mailbags and coal sacks. Pentonville prison in London was the most famous prison that was run as a separate prison. It was designed specially with wings radiating ...