The Ministry of Justice has appointed consultancies AtkinsRéalis, Arcadis and Mott MacDonald to a four-year contract to project manage the country’s prison estate.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has appointed Wates to deliver a £300m expansion programme at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk.

Galliford Try has secured a £56.4m contract to deliver fire safety improvements at HMP Moorland in Hatfield.

The Scottish Government has appointed Kier to deliver a major scheme to replace Scotland’s largest prison, the 143-year-old HMP Barlinnie.

Wates, Aecom and Bechtel are among the companies supporting a social enterprise project to create commercial tree nurseries in UK prisons.

Subcontractors working across ISG’s Ministry of Justice live projects have been unable to retrieve their tools from the day ISG went into administration until today.

A new secondment scheme is helping to grow emerging talent through the Alliance 4 New Prisons

Kier has started construction of what will become the country’s first net zero carbon prison in operation.