A report by inspectors into Brixton prison has found that inmates were smoking so much marijuana that staff uniforms smelled of the drug.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced government plans to deny automatic early release from jail those sentenced for crimes such as child rape and some terror offences.
One of the two suspected accused of the murder of off-duty soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in May has alleged that he has been assaulted in prison.
The decision by the European Court of Human Rights that “life means life” sentences for inmates are against their human rights has found many detractors, but if the prison system is for reform and not just punishment then hope of release is a requirement.
About 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike, with about 20 being force-fed The men want their cases heard before a court. Many of them have been at Guantanamo for 12 years without being charged. What are the medical ethics of force-feeding?