And yeah, my life just spiralled from then really.” We’re inside HMP Downview – one of 12 female prisons in England and Wales. “I feel like I needed help more than I needed punishing.

A multibillion-pound prison building programme begun under the last Conservative government was intended to fix the crisis that has engulfed England ... King/PA A cell inside Fosse Way ...

Child prisons across England and Wales are "significantly more violent" than their adult counterparts, said the chief inspector of prisons in The Guardian. Across these institutions, "levels of ...

Around 1,750 prisoners in England and Wales were recently released early, the first part of the government's plan to solve the prison overcrowding crisis. Politicians, legal professionals and ...

Wandsworth prison in south London holds the highest number of inmates of foreign nationality among prisons in England and Wales (Lucy North/PA) Here are some of the key statistics about the prison ...

Organised crime gangs in the UK are using drones to deliver drugs and some weapons to inmates inside ... inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said in reports published on Tuesday after inspections of ...