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

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

Convicted child rapist Rebecca Holloway, who was serving a 12-year sentence, has been found dead at HM Prison Low Newton in ...

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.

Foreign criminals to be deported quicker to free up space in UK’s overcrowded prisons - A team of 80 staff will be sent to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lindholme and Hatfield prisons have fallen short of their staff target, new figures show, despite more prison officers being recruited across England and Wales. It comes as the number of frontline ...

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

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 – ...

The recall population - the number of prisoners sent back to jail after release - has more than doubled in the last decade, and now accounts for around 15% of the total number of people behind bars.