PrisonStorm

I know people read and rely on @PrisonStorm for fact checked news, information, comment and analysis on topics relevant to the state of the #prisons in England and Wales. Therefore, the plan is to continue this year, still without fear or favour. Thank you for following. ^Joe

Prisons is big business. Any wonder that they build them and fill them. Read this new piece by @InsideTimeUK to get more detail on the economics you might never considered. Ask yourself: if the prison population was halved who would lose out? #followthemoney #prisons

@imogenwalsh @FulhamReachBC @BritishRowing @theboatrace @WorldRowing @AdamFreemanPask Exactly that Imogen. "A number of jails had developed good connections with sports clubs and schemes in the community, many of which led to qualifications or helped to provide resettlement support." Activities @FulhamReachBC brings is essential and shows what is possible. ^Joe

@PrisonStorm @FulhamReachBC @BritishRowing @theboatrace @WorldRowing @AdamFreemanPask Thanks @PrisonStorm! And the recent inspectorate report highlights just that: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_report…

Award winning initiatives such as #BoatsNotBars exemplify what is possible. #TheBoatRace 2026 is a good moment to remember that the #powerofsport is often a superior approach to rehabilitation than banging people up for 23 hours a day in #prisons, with nothing to do. #rowing

@charleshymas @DavidLammy @JamesTCobbler @InsideTimeUK @sarahsackman @POAnatchair @POAUnion @charlie_taylor6 @HMIPrisonsnews @NotThatBigIan @DannyShawNews @NJ_Timothy All that said, the Justice Secretary will have to consider how monitoring of the prisons, immigration removal centres and custody suites will be fulfilled. Obligation under United Nations OPCAT and National Preventative Mechanism (@UKNPM) for monitoring cannot be ignored.

@charleshymas @DavidLammy @JamesTCobbler @InsideTimeUK @sarahsackman @POAnatchair @POAUnion @charlie_taylor6 @HMIPrisonsnews @NotThatBigIan @DannyShawNews @NJ_Timothy Since both IMBs and Lay Observers are in fact tax payer funded Arms-Length Bodies (ALBs) the Cabinet Office can fold them up and place them where it wishes. (Suggest in the bin, and start again from fresh intake under @HMIPrisonsnews) #ALBs #reorg #costcutting #deckchairs

Prison visitor boards used since the Victorian era will be scrapped in a shake-up of watchdogs overseeing jails @DavidLammy @JamesTCobbler @InsideTimeUK @sarahsackman @POAnatchair @POAUnion @charlie_taylor6 @HMIPrisonsnews @NotThatBigIan @PrisonStorm @DannyShawNews @NJ_Timothy @KieranMullanUK telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/2…

If true then awkward, inconvenient and hugely problematic. Officers on the landings will tell you that a fragile frontline is all that's left between a comparative order and outright catastrophe in some prisons in England and Wales. #prisons #frontline #staffing #permacrisis

The Prison and Probation Minister's former company is known for training prison leavers to work in its retail shops. In an unexpected move, the highly successful chain appears to swap prison cells for workplaces of a marginally equivalent size and sanitation standard. #portacabin

Sources: 1).bills.parliament.uk/bills/3855 2).insidetime.org/newsround/excl… 3).questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi… 4).moderncivilservice.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/18/und…

Cabinet Office review of all Arms-length bodies (ALBs) could see the end of the road for many across government, including the justice sector. A Private members Bill is making it way through Parliament with the aim to force government to review #ALBs. #quangos #costcutting

A 6 year contract with MoJ is up for grabs for 'The Provision of Agency Operational Workers for the Probation Service' Single lot which carries a contract value of... wait for it.... £122,000,000 (One hundred and twenty two million pounds). #probation #MOJ #outsourcing #contract

@MoJGovUK @DavidLammy Sources: 1).axon.com/uk/ 2).axon.com/company 3).…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/073900… 4). gov.uk/government/new…

@MoJGovUK @DavidLammy Axon Public Safety UK Ltd Company number 07390059 has done very nicely out it all too. Body worn cameras, tasers, and other equipment supplied by them has near-militarised the prisons in England and Wales amid escalating violence.

What happens if there's a serious incident in prison? Come behind the scenes with Deputy Prime Minister @davidlammy to see how the Operational Response and Resilience Unit use skills, tech and search dogs to protect frontline staff and the public ⬇️

They say fact is stranger than fiction. What do you make of this? 'Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram told him [Crispin Blunt] that as minister for prisons, probation and justice he had "served as a role model to all".' via @BBCNews 25 Mar 2026 | @jweaskew bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"... serious concerns..." is putting mildly. The Chief Inspector of Prisons is doing their job properly by drawing attention to the dangerous state of our prisons. #prisons #urgentnotification #Swaleside

The prison service has lost control of those prisons holding the most dangerous prisoners in the system. This won’t remain out of sight, out of mind for long.

@charleshymas @DavidLammy @JamesTCobbler @PRTuk @charlie_taylor6 @HMIPrisonsnews @PoliceInspForum @POAUnion @POAnatchair @Prisongovernor1 @DannyShawNews @NJ_Timothy "Our prisons are in a terrible state. This has not come about overnight." Source: 'Control, Order, Hope' by @NotThatBigIan published by @csjthinktank April 2019.

Prisoners in one of Britain’s worst jails are routinely making and carrying weapons, a watchdog has revealed @DavidLammy @JamesTCobbler @PRTuk @charlie_taylor6 @HMIPrisonsnews @PoliceInspForum @POAUnion @POAnatchair @Prisongovernor1 @DannyShawNews @NJ_Timothy @PrisonStorm @NotThatBigIan @NPorter_ @PrisonPlanet @PrisonBreak telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/1…

The state of the prisons in England and Wales, worsening by the day. As @charlie_taylor6 points out, the stark reality inside Swaleside prison is dangerous and dreadful. Vanishingly rare chance of any sort of rehabilitation in prisons like this. #prisons

@PeterStefanovi2 "... a justice system to be truly victim focused..." This has to be at the front and centre of the entire issue. #juries #courts #justice #law

Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the governments jury trial reforms Every Labour MP should listen to her incredibly powerful and brave statement in parliament today

Ian Huntley's death - a reminder of rising levels of violence in prisons, Eng/Wales: 2025: 7 homicides 2024: 6 homicides 2019-2023: 1 - 3 homicides per year 12 months to Sep 2025: Assault rate up 6% Serious assaults up 8% Prisoner-on-prisoner assaults up 10% From @MoJGovUK