Emergency measures have been introduced by the Justice Secretary in order to prevent the prisons system from reaching full capacity by November. Shabana Mahmood introduced plans on Wednesday to ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A general view of the Belmarsh prison, in London LONDON (Reuters) - Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a ...

The UK’s prison overcrowding crisis has been fuelled by politicians‘ attempts to seem “tough on crime”, a major government review has found. The Independent Sentencing Review report is a stark break ...

London, United Kingdom – Two Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners on hunger strike have been taken to hospital, according to a family member and a friend, adding to fears that the young ...

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 ...

A British prison officer could be headed for her own cell after recently fessing up to a month-long inappropriate relationship with an inmate, according to a report. Megan Breen, 23, made the shocking ...

CHILD killer Ian Huntley lay in a pool of blood after having his head “split in two” by a fellow lag this week – leaving him fighting for his life. Prisoner on prisoner attacks in Britain’s jails are ...

One of Britain’s most notorious child killers has died, days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in the workshop of a maximum security prison.