Browsing: Prisons

Ministers will legislate next month to abolish most short prison sentences, toughen up community punishments and introduce a Texas-inspired system whereby inmates can earn early release…

Sue thrusts both hands deep into the rich, dark, soil, grabs a fistful and lets it trickle through her fingers. “Look at this, just look. This…

Anne Owers’ damning review of the prison capacity crisis should serve as a watershed moment for criminal justice policy in this country (Prison system was days…

Most foreign criminals convicted by a UK court will be deported immediately, instead of 30% of the way through their prison sentences, under plans announced by…

The criminal justice system was within days of collapse on three occasions before being bailed out by “last-minute emergency measures”, an independent review by a former…

Attacks on prison officers and the number of inmate deaths in England and Wales have soared to record levels, according to official figures.Ministry of Justice statistics…

The trial of an alleged escapee who spent hours on the roof of a high-security prison in his underpants is set to be the first time…

The volume of drugs being delivered by drones into prisons is severely undermining hopes of rehabilitation among inmates, a watchdog has warned.Criminal gangs are smuggling contraband…

Tracking devices inserted under offenders’ skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to transport them were among the measures proposed by technology companies…