A women’s prison has been refused permission to chop down a protected tree over claims it poses a risk to prisoners.

The inspection found that most prisoners and staff ... It was also providing job opportunities, with around 130 prisoners working in prison industries, such as building houses for Kāinga Ora ...

HMP Styal near Wilmslow has been named as the worst in the country for positive drug tests after an inspection in December An inmate at a prison where inspectors found high levels of self harm had ...

The situation found during a May 2023 inspection of Cloverhill Prison was “particularly grave”, he said. “At the outset of the inspection, 152 people, one third of the prison’s population ...