A prisoner who tried to strangle an officer at Holme House prison has told a court: “I was not attacking a man; I was ...

A plan to demolish London’s Victorian jails and move prisoners out of the capital as part of a radical shake-up of the prison ...

Some people accused of crimes could lose the right to a jury trial under proposals aimed at tackling the backlog of cases in ...

Plans have been drawn up to designate Scotland’s biggest prison as a listed building – meaning that the site would be preserved after it shuts as a working jail. Victorian-era HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow ...

A prisoner has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of another prisoner at HMP Five Wells. A 49-year-old ...

The Government promised 14,000 more prison places including four new men’s jails as it unveiled the first 10-year Prison ...

The number of drones spotted flying contraband into UK prisons has been doubling year on year, according to official figures. In 2020 there were 134 sightings or seizures of drones at jails in ...

He’s back! Now will Trump do more for prisoners? Despite being a convicted felon, Donald Trump was re-elected last month to a second term in the White House. Now, campaigners in the USA – a ...

Two coroners have warned that prison officers lack training in first aid, following inquests into the deaths of prisoners.  Priya Malhotra, Assistant Coroner for Inner West London, concluded that ...

An actor had a mixed reception when he toured prison chapels with his one-man show, in which he recites the Bible from memory for two-and-a-half hours. Stefan Smart, a former English and drama ...

A total of 3,112 prisoners were released early in September and October under the Government’s SDS40 scheme to ease the capacity crisis at jails in England and Wales. They walked out of jail on ...