At PET, since our launch in 1989 we have funded more than 50,000 courses. That’s 50,000 lives changed, and 50,000 people ...

I have reached a certain age in my life, I can now piss off strangers, friends, family, and my wife, I can clear any room, ...

From 1 October 2026, vapes will cost more in shops in England and Wales. This is because of a new tax called Vaping Products ...

Thanks to decades of banging up too many people for too long, prisons remain in the headlines. A lot of this news is ...

October is Black History Month and this year’s theme is ‘Honouring Our Communities’. It’s all about celebrating people who shape communities.  HMPPS wants to give fair and equal treatment to all ...

From 1 October 2026, new rules will change how sentences are served. Here’s what you need to know about whether they affect ...

On 30 August 2026, the Prime Minister announced his intention to bring an end to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) and Detention for Public Protection (DPP) sentences for people still ...

The ups, downs, challenges and triumphs of a prison leaver’s journey ‘You look more stressed out than I do, flower.’ Big Dennis smiled, sipping at his paper coffee cup, unruffled. Jason grimaced, ...

Last year 56,679 random drug tests were carried out across the prison estate. Yet, for the sixth consecutive year, the results themselves were withheld. We found a workaround – and what it reveals ...

The Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) and Two Strike life sentences are again hitting the spotlight with the ...

I respond to the star letter in the September issue of Inside Time, by Mr Anthony F. It is admirable of Mr F to have empathy ...

A female maths teacher at HMP Chelmsford who sent sexually explicit pictures of herself to a prisoner has admitted misconduct ...