Prisons

What prison life is like in the UK, as told by former prisoners

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Prisoners are using stamps to get high on 'zombie drug' Spice

UK January 11, 2019 By Kate Buck

Bars won't fitted on windows at new prisons after a report called them 'punitive' and 'institutional' A prisoner in his cell listens to Radio Wanno, the prisons community radio station through headphones. HMP Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)

I was in prison for 12 years - I know that prison windows don't need bars

News January 11, 2019 By Raphael Rowe

Prison photo booths have kept my husband and son's bond strong

News January 8, 2019 By Sarah Tighe

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Photo booth installed in prison to help kids have fun when visiting their dads

UK January 8, 2019 By Zoe Drewett

Single dad's benefits are stopped because man with same name is in prison

UK January 6, 2019 By Lucy Middleton

Prisoners filmed fighting like dogs as they bite each other's necks

UK January 4, 2019 By Joe Roberts

Prisoners filmed dancing to 'Whoomp There It Is' at Christmas Day rave

UK December 27, 2018 By Joe Roberts

Drug driver who killed two brothers found dead in cell on Christmas Day

UK December 27, 2018 By Jimmy Nsubuga

What it's like to spend Christmas in prison

What it's like to spend Christmas in prison

Lifestyle December 22, 2018 By Gillian Fisher

Prisoners filmed bragging about their designer jackets and flatscreen TVs in jail

UK December 9, 2018 By Kate Buck

Like Gareth Thomas, I chose to meet my attacker, and got the closure I needed

News November 24, 2018 By Paul Kohler

Rapist transgender woman sent to male prison for UK's most dangerous men

UK November 17, 2018 By Lucy Middleton

Naked man burst into family home to try and rape a child while high

UK November 6, 2018 By amanihughes

Student found dead in prison 'given banana instead of bandana' to treat hair loss

UK November 5, 2018 By Harley Tamplin

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary arrives at The Old Bailey Anjem Choudary court hearing, London, Britain - 24 Mar 2016 Choudary is alleged to have invited support for the Islamic State group in individual lectures which were subsequently posted online. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter MacDiarmid/REX/Shutterstock (5619104d)

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary will be let out of prison tomorrow

UK October 18, 2018 By Bradley Jolly

HMP Whitemoor in March, Cambridgeshire. See Masons copy SWCAprison: A prison's use of solitary confinement is in breach of a UN torture protocol, a report has said. HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire was found to lock inmates in a segregation unit for more than 23 hours a day, with "little meaningful human contact". Its Independent Monitoring Board said this broke the UN's Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture.

Arsonist sets himself on fire in prison after getting high on spice

UK October 14, 2018 By Jimmy Nsubuga

Prison food is the stuff of horror stories. Improve it, and it can be a tool for change

UK October 12, 2018 By Lucy Vincent

I didn't know my country had the death penalty - until they executed my father

News October 10, 2018 By Sasha Yakavitskaya

William Billingham moans of spending birthday in prison after killing daughter

UK October 7, 2018 By Bradley Jolly

Death row inmate 'murdered by fellow prisoner'

Death row inmate 'stabbed to death by fellow prisoner' in Californian jail

World October 6, 2018 By Lucy Middleton

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