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A mother of six who was caught passing a package containing Spice and cannabis to a man in HMP Berwyn has been spared prison.
Just as you thought the long football season had ended, world governing body FIFA relaunched its revamped competition which ...
I would like to know why magazines are not treated as books here in this prison. My family have, until recently, sent in ...
Death had once held Rasul’s right hand and had spoken to him, saying:  ‘Rasul, I am holding you, you can let go now.’ And Death’s hand had been warm, and soft, like Rasul’s grandfather’s. But ...
Stuart Reid is very big on details, and this is an incredibly detailed book. You follow him closely from arrest and through his sentence, and hear about every trial and tribulation as he ...
Life in Scottish prisons in the 1960s and 70s was drastically different from today. Buildings were Victorian, conditions were austere, and violence was commonplace. In 1973, the prisons department ...
On a recent hot Monday afternoon, I visited a Shared Reading group based in one of our PIPE (psychologically-informed planned environment) settings that run up and down the country. Day-to-day, I ...
All books can (metaphorically!) transport you: to different places, different times and into different peoples’ minds. It’s a big part of what makes reading so interesting and, hopefully, fun.
Inside Time lists the latest inspection reports for UK prisons. Reports for your prison – including an easy-read version – should be available in the prison library or ...
Inside Time meets the volunteers who go behind bars to check whether prisoners are being treated fairly All UK prisons and ...
Every prison in England and Wales has an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) – local volunteers who check on how the prison is run and publish their findings in an annual report Drake Hall ...
Drink and Drugs News (DDN) is the monthly magazine for those working with drug and alcohol clients, including in prisons. In ...