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People being in a smaller bubble, it might have helped. i've seen it helping people as well. some people do feel confident being in a small bubble. this is the way forward for us now, and this has really helped sort of decrease the feelings of anxiety, feelings of mental health issues. how is the family? prisons are moving cautiously to their new normal. visits at isis have just restarted, but there is still no touching or hugging. the pandemic has thrown up many surprises, but few would have predicted that covid would result in prisons generally becoming safer. mark easton, bbc news, isis pri...

Now the ministry ofjustice is looking to see whether changes forced upon them by covid could become part of a new normal in prisons. it's promoted safety. it's promoted less feelings of anxiety for the boys. it's been very beneficial. people being in a smaller bubble might have helped. i've seen it helping people as well. some people do feel confident being in a small bubble. this is the way forward for us now, and this has really helped sort of decrease the feelings of anxiety, feelings of mental health issues. prisons are moving cautiously to their new normal. visits at isis have just restar...

Making jails even more dangerous places. here at isis prison in east london, as in everyjail, the authorities' response was a strict regime of testing and isolation. you reach to your tonsils, yeah? inmates were locked in their cells for 23 and a half hours a day. education classes, group activities and family visits were all cancelled. it's had a massive impact on the prisoners. everything was completely locked down. to do covid checks, welfare checks, well—being checks, staff were doing hourly checks on all of our prisoners. prison governors were forced to think on their feet, introducing ...

Roads in central london at the start of what they say will be a fortnight of demonstrations. the group wants to force the government to stop all new investments in fossil fuels that are driving climate change. police say a significant operation will be in place to manage the ongoing protests. when the covid crisis hit last year, there was concern at how prisons would cope, with calls from politicians for some inmates to be released early. the government resisted that and ordered a full lockdown of the prison estate in england and wales instead. now the ministry ofjustice is looking back at the...

These scenes unthinkable just weeks ago. dancing hand in hand with music's the syrian forces that celebrated what they call a brutal defeat. our cnn international correspondent nick peyton walsh has been reporting from raqqa and brings us a rare look inside a former isis prison. >> reporter: isis usually leaves places looking like this in their self-declared capital was not different. with one exception. where are the people? hard lay soul here. while the victors swarming around isis's old hq, the stadium. extraordinary to stand exactly where isis just a matter of weeks or months ago the stadi...