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‘Doing time is something that has to be learned’: Erwin James on new year in prison

The former Guardian columnist wrote his articles from prison while serving a sentence for murder

Published: 23 Jan 2024

Eric McGraw obituary

Penal reform campaigner who founded Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners

Published: 7 Jun 2021

Rat-infested prison cells are one difference between punishment and cruelty

Published: 30 Jan 2019

Published: 30 Jan 2019
The Society interview
Rory Stewart: ‘I’ll resign if prison violence doesn’t improve’

Published: 23 Jan 2019

Strangeways: A Prison Officer’s Story by Neil Samworth – review

An insider’s story of working at Strangeways reveals the profound flaws of Britain’s prison system

Published: 5 Aug 2018

John Worboys case will lead to huge changes to parole – sacked boss

Nick Hardwick tells the Guardian he accepts that responsibility for the Parole Board lay with him

Published: 30 Mar 2018

The Society interview
Andrea Albutt: ‘Carillion has left our prisons in a terrible state’

We desperately need to take back control of prison buildings to halt the chronic decline in our jails, says prison governors chief

Published: 23 Jan 2018

The Society interview
X Factor star Sam Bailey: ‘Being a prison officer is tough. But I miss it every day’

My former colleagues do extraordinary work under extreme pressure, says the X Factor winner and former guard. They deserve our recognition – and respect

Published: 14 Nov 2017

Ian Acheson: ‘If you don’t have safety and control in prisons, you have nothing’

Last week’s riot at HMP Birmingham highlighted the chronic lack of frontline staff in our jails. The government needs to act, says the former prison governor

Published: 20 Dec 2016

The Society interview
Juliet Lyon: ‘If the state takes away your liberty, it must keep you safe’

The new head of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody on how she plans to reduce the record numbers of deaths in prisons

Published: 5 Oct 2016

Virgin Trains helps ex-offenders to put their lives back on track

Rail company’s scheme aims to show all employers that hiring former prisoners can be good for business and cut reoffending

Published: 20 Jul 2016

Inside the special prison unit where rehabilitation rules the roost

HMP New Hall pioneers care and support for women with complex needs. The justice minister, Michael Gove, should sit up and take notice for his prison reforms

Published: 24 May 2016

The Society interview
Former prison governors’ leader: yes to Gove, no to league tables

Eoin McLennan-Murray, who ran the prison with the lowest reoffending rates says league tables for individual jails would be ‘silly’ but a national target could work

Published: 17 Feb 2016

We don’t need new prisons, we need a new prison culture

After serving 20 years in jail, I know that most detainees hope to live a crime-free life on release, but until the corrupt atmosphere of our prisons is tackled, rehabilitation will remain a distant dream

Published: 9 Nov 2015

Published: 9 Nov 2015

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