Prisons across England and Wales are at their highest capacity in months, with just 961 available cells, according to new government statistics. ContentsWhat Do the Figures Show?Could Another ...

From January to October 2024, prisons in the two countries recorded 1,296 drone-related incidents, marking a tenfold increase from 2020, according to a report from The Guardian. The UK Commons Justice ...

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - 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 ...

In the early 1990s, while working at the Maudsley Hospital in London, clinical and forensic psychologist Susan Young began to notice a troubling trend. Young people diagnosed with conditions such as ...

Kamran Ahmed and Amu Gib have been hospitalised as a rolling hunger strike that began 50 days ago raises alarm.

The drugs crisis in English and Welsh prisons has reached “endemic” levels, “fostering a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken”, said the House of Commons Justice Committee. The prison ...

Levels of violence inside UK prisons have reached unprecedented highs, with new figures showing that prisons in Lancashire ...

Hundreds of doctors, dozens of MPs and thousands of everyday Britons call on the justice secretary to intervene.

A British government minister says she’s "not squeamish" about the idea of chemical castration for male sex offenders, and wants to make it mandatory. The UK is considering a range of options from a ...

An inmate’s reveal about life in prison has gone viral — and some TikTokkers are seemingly into it. In the video, a user named Jodie (@jodieandjail) shared a document about her “basic guide to life” ...

The United Kingdom Government has approved emergency visa extensions for hundreds of foreign prison staff, most of whom are ...