Prisons

Tories accuse the justice secretary of using measures designed for unforeseeable jail disasters as the default solution to overcrowded cells

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The former French president will begin his five-year prison sentence for conspiracy to gain illegal election funding, which he claims is left-wing persecution

The chief inspector of prisons said the lack of purposeful activity would make inmates even more reliant on drugs and ultimately increase crime

Th child sex offender was stabbed to death on Saturday at HMP Wakefield, the high-security jail where he was serving 35 years

Prison service under fire over trans prisoners in women’s estate keeps subscription for training abandoned by bodies including Holyrood and the BBC

Government has opened talks with the countries about building a new prison in an effort to tackle its overcrowding problem

Jason Furtado twice challenged Home Office attempts to send him to Portugal before a machete attack in London for which he has been jailed for life

Campaigners say more capacity is needed as SNP announces new measures designed to tackle to overcrowding in Scottish jails

The music mogul wrote that he should be ‘afforded a second chance’ as he awaits sentencing for the transportation of sex workers for his ‘freak-off’ parties