Martin Narey, director general of the Prison Service, has labelled six Victorian jails as "hell holes ... The six were Wormwood Scrubs in west London, Wandsworth in south west London, Brixton ...

A former British soldier convicted of spying for Iran after an audacious three-day escape from a London prison was sentenced ...

This short film explores Victorian punishments through the eyes of John, a young offender who was sent to prison for six months in January 1876. John, who was 14, was accused of forging letters ...

Inspectors have praised a Scottish prison built in Victorian times for being "well-run" and its staff for their "caring and compassionate attitude". They found that prisoners at HMP Dumfries were ...

A plan to demolish London’s Victorian jails and move inmates out of the capital in a radical prison reform was scrapped when Liz Truss became Justice Secretary, Michael Gove has revealed.

Safety at some London prisons has reached a crisis point, new figures suggest. It comes as a workers' union has warned the increase of violence in prisons across England is "totally out of control".