I write in regards to two items in the January issue. The first is a Mailbag titled “It’s self-inflicted, not a disease”, and I have to say it is totally incorrect.

A few months ago, I was sent four back issues of the magazine Private Eye, but this prison’s post room would not allow me to ...

I have been watching the news lately with great amusement. I’ve had many a laugh to myself with regard to all the political rhetoric. The abundance of defections ...

This is a very sensitive topic in prison and is still a taboo subject. I suffer with autism and struggle to make meaningful ...

I was given a sentence of 2045 days [five years and seven months]. I served approximately two years and nine months, and I ...

I read your recent article about hospital patients finding their food tasted better when eaten from blue plates (Yum! My ...

I am sick to the back teeth of the myth of so-called progression, and it seems that if you are in a Scottish prison, you will ...

Prisoners at retirement age have already had to accept the refusal of the government of their national old-age pension. They did this using highly-paid barristers to ...

I’m sitting in a now-empty journalism classroom, reading the article from Sarah Langdon in January’s Inside Time. My reply to ...

I want to start with a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1818. It is entitled ‘Ozymandias’ and describes a large stone ...

HM Inspectorate of Prisons has warned of continuing problems at G4S-run HMP Parc, following its highly-critical report in January 2025. Inspectors found some improvements, but not sufficient to ease ...

A former probation officer has been imprisoned for eight months having been caught on CCTV having a relationship with a prisoner. She was shown kissing him during a prison visit. The 27-year-old woman ...