Lack of funds for repairs mean jail cells are taken out of service as fast as new ones are built, governors warn ...

BRAZENLY unsheathing two large machetes with a serrated edge, two young men point deadly weapons at their target, who cowers ...

Since 2014, drones have been used to smuggle contraband into some of the most violent jails. It’s a battle prison staff are ...

Winchester Prison was described as "unsafe" after a visit by HM Inspectorate of Prisons in October.

Organised crime gangs in the UK are using drones to deliver drugs and some weapons to inmates inside jails, threatening ...

Ademola Adedeji was ensnared in a murder conspiracy case with no murder victim. Prosecutors labeled him a gang member and won ...

Criminal justice experts brought together by the government are drawing up a new strategy to cut the number of women being sent to prison – as figures show that two thirds of female prisoners say they ...

With prison population levels as well as prisoner-on-staff assault rates continuing to rise, prisons across the UK have had ...

Based on a continued increase in police charging and prosecutions, reductions in the backlog of court cases, and changes in ...

Drone deliveries of drugs and weapons into British prisons have become a national security threat, the country's chief prisons inspector warned on Tuesday, calling for urgent action to tackle thriving ...

A man who punched and killed a man after watching a Euro 2024 England football match has been given a suspended prison term.