Prison

Image of Liam Meredith, a mentor at Key4Life charity (credit: David Griffiths)

Features

‘I was a prisoner of my mind’: how a Bristol charity is helping to cut reoffending among young men

Key4Life, based in Easton, is helping to reduce youth reoffending in Bristol through an innovative rehab programme aimed at men under 30 who are leaving prison or at risk of going inside.

Michal Grant
Michal Grant

Podcasts

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Paul Simmons, armed robber turned TikTok addiction mentor

Neil Maggs Adam Cantwell-Corn George Colwey
Neil Maggs, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey

Features

‘Drill music can be used for positive change’

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Revealed: Homemade Spice infiltrates Bristol prison

Drones, rampant violence and under-staffing as HMP Bristol struggles to deal with Spice problem.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

People's History

Unlocking the cells: Bristol’s history of prison reform

Colin Thomas

City

Private probation companies are sending more people to jail. But not for committing crimes

Maria da Silva

Investigations

Revealed: ‘The most tradable prescription drug’ at HMP Bristol

The prison is trying to crack down on prescription drug pregabalin, as inmates either remain addicted or use it as currency.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Investigations

Prisons: From ‘warehousing’ to workshops

Could education and training for prisoners help solve the crisis at HMP Bristol?

Cate Brown

City

Drug use epidemic at HMP Bristol highlights prison system failings

Employees and experts speak out about the causes of declining conditions.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Jury finds a series of failings at Bristol prison caused the death of father-to-be

Callum Smith repeatedly self-harmed and threatened to kill himself but was not put on a suicide prevention plan. A report by law firm Irwin Mitchell.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

City

Death at HMP Bristol: Family seeks answers at inquest

The family of a father-to-be found dead in his cell at HMP Bristol is hoping for answers at an inquest into his death. A statement...

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

City

Banged up in HMP Bristol

Adam Cantwell-Corn caught up with Governor of HMP Bristol, Andrea Albutt, and ex-con and prison campaigner, Ben Gunn, to find out whether one of society’s...

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn