Hundreds of doctors, dozens of MPs and thousands of everyday Britons call on the justice secretary to intervene.

Foreign nationals working as prison officers in the UK have been given a temporary exemption from new visa rules, following ...

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Belmarsh prison, in London LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system ...

The latest prison figures for England and Wales show nearly 40,000 offenders have been released early since September 2024, while recalls of inmates are at “historically high” levels and the rate of ...

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 ...

Hadush Kebatu, from Ethiopia, was awaiting deportation after his sentencing, but a comedy of errors led to his release from Chelmsford prison. Mr Kebatu was meant to remain in custody, but instead was ...

The British government said criminals could earn earlier release under a new program to cut the prison population, citing Texas as an inspiration. By Lizzie Dearden Reporting from London In February, ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system aimed at freeing up more space in its overcrowded prisons.

It's expected that the number of prisoners in the two countries' jails will reach 100,000 by March 2030, rather than 12 months earlier, as was forecast last year.

Objective To determine whether a full-scale randomised control trial (RCT) assessing the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a ...

Brunel University of London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review has proposed the most significant reform of sentencing and ...