Prisons are out of control with violence increasing and drug use rampant, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been warned.

MoJ says jails in England and Wales will be full by early 2026 as inmate population rises by nearly 100 a week ...

Staff have reported a "rodent infestation", broken CCTV cameras, faulty lighting and an "ongoing legionella issue" across the prison estate in England and Wales, according to the report.

Editorial: As David Gauke, the former justice secretary, makes clear in his welcome report into Britain’s failing jail system, it is easy to promise ‘tougher’ sentences – but what the UK really needs ...

Last month, a report on women’s experiences of prison in England laid bare the stark realities of life inside. The findings of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons ought to have been shocking ...

Gauke’s report said “penal populism” had left England and Wales with one of the highest incarceration rates in western Europe and a prisons system close to breaking point. The study — a ...

But the government has confirmed to the BBC a rule change that means Raja's eligibility to serve the rest of his sentence in open prison kicks in this year, rather than 2029 as his victim once thought ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is in Texas with David Gauke, chair of the Independent Sentencing Review, in the belief that Texas managed simultaneously to reduce both its prison population and its ...

Does the Labour government’s new approach on prisons in England and Wales represent a breach with a 31-year consensus, or just a belated acknowledgment that the old consensus was dead already?

Texas is not soft on crime. It has seen the execution of 600 prisoners in the past 40 years, including two so far this year – ...

Institute for Government report lays bare the shockingly high levels of violence, protests and self-harm and severely limited ...