One in five prisoners suffers from type 2 diabetes, a condition associated with being overweight or inactive, according to ...

A murder inquiry is underway after a prisoner was allegedly pushed off a balcony to his death. Lewis Spence, 28, who was ...

A former chair of the Youth Justice Board has warned that the gradual lengthening of prison sentences is to blame for the current capacity crisis in prisons. In a letter to The Guardian, Professor ...

Paddy Hill, one of six men wrongly convicted for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, has died aged 80. He is the third member ...

A riot squad which tackles outbreaks of disorder in jails has been told by a Government enforcement agency that it is ...

A man has been handed a 12-year jail term for wounding with intent after he slashed a fellow prisoner’s face at HMP Swaleside ...

A former officer at G4S-run Parc prison has claimed that three recent deaths should have been prevented. The jail has seen 17 ...

An 87-year-old prisoner who was dying of cancer should not have been handcuffed in hospital, according to an ombudsman report ...

A female prison officer from HMP Five Wells has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office amid reports that ...

I was recently downgraded to the Basic regime for 28 days for relapsing due to my alcoholism – a recognised medical condition ...

Women in prison will be offered construction training for the first time, with a course which breaks down gender barriers.

Two deaths of young prisoners within English jails were reported over the Christmas period. Alex Davies, 25, was found ...