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 ...
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 ...
A scheme offering six free counselling sessions to jurors left upset by hearing harrowing evidence during criminal trials has ...
Problems with prison transport run by GEOAmey in Scotland are causing hundreds of prisoners to miss vital appointments, ...
The House of Commons Justice Committee has launched an inquiry into tackling drugs in prisons. MPs on the cross-party ...
The Government has approved a £392 million contract to run a troubled prison – but will not say which private provider has won the deal. On 3 July, the day before the general election, the Cabinet ...
Prisons Minister Lord Timpson has sought to justify a decision to recall a 77-year-old woman to prison because her wrists are too slender to wear an electronic tag. Environmental activist Gaie Delap ...