Unable to innovate or even buy basic materials, and struggling to keep staff while operating antiquated systems, prison ...

Mr Taylor warned that this loss of vital “institutional memory” among officers inevitably creates further risk in an already ...

Former justice secretary David Gauke, who is carrying out a sentencing review, is widely expected to recommend more offenders ...

Prison governors say many of them have come from Nigeria and include not only skilled workers but also some switching from other visa routes. The Prison Officers Association (POA) has reported ...

Prison governors say many of them have come from Nigeria and include not only skilled workers but also some switching from other visa routes. The Prison Officers Association (POA) has reported ...

The creation of thousands of new prison spaces in England and Wales has been held up by environmental regulations, as ...

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In November, the Prison Governors Association demanded that prison bosses be given a say in which officers are recruited to their jails, following complaints of central government hiring people ...

The president of the Prison Governors Association, Tom Wheatley, attributed the surge to word-of-mouth promotion by Nigerians already working in the UK. “It’s turned into an approach that has ...