Magilligan considered one of the ‘very best’ as it receives mostly positive report following inspection ...

People sentenced for similar offences are more likely to offend after a short prison sentence than if they had been given a ...

Prisoners in one of Britain’s worst jails are routinely making and carrying weapons, a watchdog has revealed. Charlie Taylor, ...

Magilligan praised as one of the best UK prisons in inspection report - Justice Minister Naomi Long said it was an ...

The UK government is planning to broaden a pilot scheme allowing voluntary chemical castration for certain sex offenders, expanding from a handful of prisons in the south-west to around 20 prisons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woking Female Convict Prison opened in 1869 [Woking History Society] Britain's first purpose built women's prison once stood on ...

Illicit drug use in prisons across England and Wales is causing widespread and growing harm, with knock-on effects for safety, rehabilitation, and NHS costs, a new watchdog report has warned. Around ...

Inmates are dying needlessly in Britain’s prisons because of a string of failures in their healthcare, The Independent can reveal. A damning review commissioned by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman ...

Fears hundreds more inmates exposed to cancer-causing gas in UK prisons - Exclusive: Government investigating 42 prison and probation sites for high levels of radon gas, which is known to be a leading ...