Did you know that chess has an Olympic Games? It’s true. It is called the Olympiad and it happens every two years. As you ...

Stuck inside this prison, With four weeks left to go, Where do I go from here? I don’t really know. I’m going to resettlement ...

The walls around you may be high, But they can’t stop the love nearby. No locked-up door, no steel, no key, Could ever take ...

We had a lovely summer but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. The successive heatwaves of 2026 have caused ...

Our regular fiction column tells stories from the life of Harry, who always seems to find himself in some kind of trouble Ever since he’d received that letter from the Offender Management ...

A prison category review is an important part of sentence progression. It decides the security level you are held in and can affect your daily life, including time out of cell, access to work and ...

Each month, Prisoners’ Education Trust brings you details of a subject you could study in your cell  World Teachers’ Day takes place on 5 October to celebrate teachers around the globe. What ...

During the tax clinics that I run at several prisons, I noticed that there is some confusion around ‘simple assessment’ and the closer sounding ‘self-assessment’. A lot of you will be familiar ...

One of the biggest barriers facing people leaving prison is not a lack of talent or motivation. More often, it is perception.

The Sentencing Act 2026 introduced new additional licence conditions for probation to consider adding to licences. Additional licence conditions are conditions that can be added to your licence in ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual event recognised across the world dedicated to raising awareness of the disease. It is an opportunity to talk about breast health and to think ...

Most prisoners will be affected by new release arrangements which start this month The Government’s latest automatic release scheme is the most significant change to prison release arrangements ...