The UK’s first all-electric prison has officially opened in York, marking a significant milestone in the Ministry of ...

Nearly half of the prisoners in England and Wales go on to commit another crime within one year of being released, and minorities are overrepresented among the accused in the UK (Getty ...

This comes as MailOnline revealed over the weekend that up to one in 36 Albanians registered in the UK are serving time in prison, making up more than any other foreign nationality in UK prisons.

After 50 years of service, the UK’s longest-serving prison officer is preparing for retirement. Steve Ley - whose joined HM ...

Pia Sinha worked in prisons for 24 years before being appointed CEO of the charity Prison Reform Trust and she describes herself as a “ridiculously optimistic” person, who believes the prisons ...

are being restrained inappropriately… the fact that the Prison Service, frankly, get it wrong so frequently is an issue that we should all be concerned about.” Mr Usher said he has raised his ...

A new play by an arts organisation that works with prisoners and staff in UK prisons will explore society's relationship to punishment. Punishment Acts is set in a fictional prison and will ask ...

Ministers have been forced to trigger an emergency measure to house prisoners in police cells as jails run out of space. Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has enacted Operation Safeguard ...

The UK’s first all-electric prison has officially opened in York. HMP Millsike, a Category C resettlement prison with a capacity for 1,500 prisoners, is part of the MoJ’s new prisons ...