Exclusive: Deputy PM says opponents have ‘no solutions’ to possible collapse of justice system in England and Wales ...

Following the ruling by the Court of Appeal that the initial non-custodial sentences handed down to two teenage rapists in ...

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 ...

The prison population in England and Wales has doubled over the past 30 years or so to nearly 90,000. That’s despite a fall in crime rates and is driven in part by the fact that longer sentences are ...

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Britain's justice minister said on Thursday that a spike in prisoners being wrongly released from jail was unacceptable, as he and the government faced mounting pressure to ...

Critical security systems across Britain's prisons are being left unrepaired for extended periods, in some cases years, creating an environment where illicit drugs can easily flood into jails, a ...

The UK Labour government's sentencing reforms will see thousands of prisoners, including violent offenders, released early to address overcrowding, sparking criticism from various sectors.

Gangland bosses are increasingly running their criminal empires from prison, David Lammy has said. In an article for The Telegraph, the Justice Secretary said organised crime was ...

LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British government said on Tuesday. The emergency ...

The prison population in England and Wales will hit 100,000 a year later than previously expected, the latest figures show. According to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data published on Thursday, the ...