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How drugs became ‘endemic’ in UK prisons
The Explainer Buzzing drones drop drugs into prisons ‘like a pack of wasps’ as drug-related deaths spike behind bars
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Why are so many prisoners being released by mistake?
The Explainer Overcrowding and bad computer systems have been blamed for 128% rise in unauthorised releases
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Should it be easier to deport foreign criminals?
The Explainer Is human rights law making it too hard to deport foreign nationals who have committed serious crimes?
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How would chemical castration for sex offenders work?
Today's Big Question Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood isn't 'squeamish' about using the controversial measure
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Alcatraz: America's most infamous prison
The Explainer Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US
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Are we excluding too many children from school?
Today's Big Question Research shows school exclusion increases violent behaviour – so should we stop it?
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The El Salvador mega-prison at the centre of Trump's deportation scheme
The Explainer Invoking a 1798 law, the US president has sent hundreds of alleged gang members to high-security prison called 'black hole of human rights'
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Is El Salvador's offer to jail US deportees of any nationality feasible or fantasy?
TODAY'S BIG QUESTION The Trump administration is considering a surprise proposal from the Central American nation to incarcerate American deportees — including US citizens
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From Panopticon to pleasure dome: Dutch prisons transformed
Under the Radar The Netherlands is turning its domed prisons of 'terror' into vibrant community spaces
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The real story behind the Stanford Prison Experiment
The Explainer 'Everything you think you know is wrong' about Philip Zimbardo's infamous prison simulation
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Italy's prisons crisis
Under the Radar Severe overcrowding, dire conditions and appalling violence have brought the Italian carceral system to boiling point
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'Virtual prisons': how tech could let offenders serve time at home
Under The Radar New technology offers opportunities to address the jails crisis but does it 'miss the point'?
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The case for abolishing women's prisons
The Explainer The justice secretary plans to drastically reduce the number of women in jail in England and Wales
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IPPs: the prisoners serving never-ending jail sentences
The Explainer Sentences of 'imprisonment for public protection' (IPPs) have been widely condemned, but many are still in force
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