The Government has announced 2,000 extra crown court sitting days in a bid to reduce the backlog in cases, which stands at an ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood fended off MPs’ questions on early releases, the Sentencing Review, and the state of young offender institutions (YOIs) in her first appearance before the Justice ...

The emergency care of a prisoner who collapsed and died in HMP Humber has been criticised by Prisons and Probation Ombudsman ...

A scheme offering six free counselling sessions to jurors left upset by hearing harrowing evidence during criminal trials has ...

Thirty MPs have signed a House of Commons motion calling on the Government to bring all prison maintenance services back in-house. The Early Day Motion highlights a finding by the National Audit ...

Problems with prison transport run by GEOAmey in Scotland are causing hundreds of prisoners to miss vital appointments, ...

Prisons Minister Lord Timpson has sought to justify a decision to recall a 77-year-old woman to prison because her wrists are ...

My risk to the public as stated by Probation is that I may be associating with criminals, doing drugs or associating with ...

The Government has approved a £392 million contract to run a troubled prison – but will not say which private provider has ...

I have been reading the letters recently that made known the state of affairs here at HMP Whatton. The atmosphere here is ...

The House of Commons Justice Committee has launched an inquiry into tackling drugs in prisons. MPs on the cross-party ...

HMPPS could make a huge difference to those living with chronic fatigue if they only took the time to listen, understand our ...