HM Prison Brixton, the day begins... 6.30am, breakfast Nightshift officers wake those remand prisoners who are going to court. A bang on the metal cell door is usually enough. There are 52 of ...

For MPs on the Justice Committee who toured HM Prison Brixton earlier this year, the answer proved to be eye-opening. With a near-maximum 740 inmates, Brixton may be the country’s most ...

Inmates were spotted leaving HM Prison Brixton carrying bags as the first cohort of people were freed. The scheme, which comes into effect on Tuesday, will see 5,500 people released early in ...

And despite Brixton’s status as a “resettlement” prison – which is supposed to ... typically viewed as a key tool of rehabilitation. HM chief inspector Charlie Taylor said: “There ...

Brixton prison has been branded as an institutionally and blatantly racist environment for inmates and staff from ethnic minorities. An internal investigation carried out for the Prison Service found ...

“He grabbed her bottom in Brixton town centre ... is released she will want to move out of the area”, said Mr Dick. HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) said release procedures have ...

People seen outside HM Prison Brixton in London (Jeff Moore/PA) “But my guess is that some of them may slip through the net. We have seen people being given tents because they’ve got nowhere.

Brixton is London’s oldest prison and this year marks its bi-centenary. Over its 200 years, it has held hundreds of thousands of people and while all of them have different stories to tell, most are ...

Inmates in Brixton prison committed hundreds of assaults last year, new figures show. Violence in prisons across England and Wales has reached a post-coronavirus pandemic high, with the number of ...

The report, by the Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor says that “no accredited programmes” were being provided for the “more than 200” sex offenders held in Brixton prison at the ...

The offences took place at Brixton Prison in south London between 2006 and last year Six people, including a custody officer and a health worker, have been jailed for smuggling drugs and mobile ...

When Gemma Torrance applied for a job at Brixton prison at 25 years old, she didn’t expect it to turn into a career. But 12 years later she’s still there – and more passionate about ...