National Offender Management Service (NOMS) staff won two awards and took the runner-up position in five further categories at the 2008 Justice Awards.
Action for Prisoners' Families (APF) is once again challenging prisons to run a family friendly event during October as part of the Family Friendly Challenge.
Prisons Minister David Hanson has announced the pilot of a new Compact outlining the level of behaviour expected from prisoners and offenders in the community.
The Keppel Unit, a new space for young people with learning and behavioural needs at HMYOI Wetherby in West Yorkshire, is scheduled to open in October 2008.
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Agency Framework Document, which outlines the Services' obligations and the freedoms it has to deliver them, has now been agreed.