Staff at a prison have described working conditions as "unacceptable" and called on the government to take action. The Prison ...

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

Winchester Prison was described as "unsafe" after a visit by HM Inspectorate of Prisons in October.

The Prison Officers Association have said that four staff from HMP Liverpool ended up in hospital after being assaulted ...

Speaking to Sienna Rodgers, HM chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor details the many failures he has seen across the prison estate, including ...

according to the HM Prison and Probation Service. This month a former HMP Wandsworth prison officer was jailed for 15 months after she was filmed having sex with an inmate. The prison service said ...

A spokesperson for HM Prison Service said: “Our prison officers undergo robust assessments and an extended period of training before they work in prisons. “We also continuously review our recruitment ...

Despite prisons having processes designed to minimise the risk of injury to prison officers whilst they are at work, there ...

Prison officers fear Dartmoor Prison will remain closed for at least three years to make the building safe from potentially ...

HM chief inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor ... 1,000 serious attacks – in the year to September. Stressing that prison officers have a profoundly complex job, former governor Ian Acheson ...

He said despite having a full complement of prison officers, too many staff lacked ... systemic failings under the oversight of HMPPS [HM Prison and Probation Service]," he added.