Late Guardian prisons correspondent receives outstanding journalism award

Criminal Justice Alliance honours Eric Allison, who died last month, as a dedicated activist and penal reformer'

The former Guardian prison correspondent Eric Allison, who died earlier this month, has won the outstanding journalism award at a Criminal Justice Alliance ceremony in Birmingham.

Allison, who worked for the Guardian for 19 years, was named as one of two winners alongside The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.