A man has been convicted of the 2003 rape for which innocent man Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in jail.  On 17 April a ...

The Howard League for Penal Reform has announced the appointment of Dame Anne Owers as its new Chair.  Dame ...

A trans woman held on the women’s wing of a Scottish prison has reportedly been charged with sexually assaulting another prisoner. The Scottish Sun reported on 23 April that the biologically-male ...

MPs on the all-party Justice Select Committee held the first hearing of an investigation into care and welfare within the ...

Normally, everyone wants to be in the top 10 list for their chosen subject. If you are a sporting person, you want to be top ...

A training scheme called HMP Academies launched three years ago by the Ministry of Justice has been abandoned after it was ...

Millions of voters will go to the polls on 7 May, but one candidate will not be knocking on any doors to canvass for votes – ...

Vital repairs to a high-security prison will take more six years to complete, according to details of a construction contract. The work at HMP Manchester (pictured), widely known by its old name ...

The Government has published plans to tackle violence, drugs and poor conditions at a high-security prison criticised by ...

A 16-year-old boy was found unconscious in his cell at HMP/YOI Feltham A on 20 April, and later died in hospital – with his girlfriend reportedly claiming that he appeared to have suffered ...

Inspectors have raised concerns about the conditions in which people are held in custody at Dundee crown court. The findings arose as part of a series of inspections of Scottish court custody ...

Fifteen people have been arrested with four already convicted for their parts in an operation to smuggle illegal parcels into ...