Scarborough’s new Women’s Centre is due to open later this month, providing safe tailored support to women in the town and ...

Serious offenders, including rioters and people smugglers, will be transferred early to open prisons to tackle the jail overcrowding crisis, governors have warned. The Prison Governors ...

Prisons are set to overflow once again in 2026 despite thousands of convicts being released early, a new report has found, which urges the Government to take rapid action.

Sky News understands that as of Monday, offenders serving standard sentences can be transferred to "open" or "Category D' prisons up to three years early, to free up space in higher security jails.