Many cells were discovered to be in poor condition containing damaged sockets, sinks and toilets, with many suffering from ...

Britain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system ...

Prison staff sceptical renting cells abroad will solve France's overcrowding crisis With prisons overflowing, France is considering renting cells abroad. But will this solve the problem or just shift ...

Lee, who was an air stewardess with TUI, allegedly attempted to smuggle drugs with a value of £1.2million into Sri Lanka, to ...

Failing to discipline prison officers after an inmate took his own life “condoned” bad practice at a young offenders’ ...

One of the UK's largest prisons is failing to tackle an "alarming" amount of drugs that have led to a "spate" of deaths, a ...

Despite the haunted heritage, my night in Bodmin Jail was pretty peaceful. After a long soak in an enormous bathtub, I ...

The inmate's death is one of several at HMP Parc in recent years, raising concerns about the prison's management and the ...

Calls for stricter regimes for violent inmates come after Southport killer Axel Rudakubana reportedly attacked officer at HMP ...

The justice secretary warned we are five months from running out of prison places – which risks the ‘total breakdown of law ...

A YOUNG Brit accused of smuggling £1.2million worth of drugs into Sri Lanka faces being locked up in an overcrowded “hellhole ...

Jermaine Grant - accused of being an associate of 7/7 bomber's wife Samantha Lewthwaite - was deported from Kenya in August ...