When prison officers are in the news, it’s rarely for a positive reason. Recent headlines have included officers smuggling ...

Alexander McCartney is one of the world's most prolific online child abusers. From behind a computer screen at his home in ...

Speaking about the prison crisis in the UK, Ms Mahmood tells Sky News that the situation in the Ministry of Justice was ...

Peter Lynch, the first inmate from this summer's anti-immigration riots, has died in prison. Lynch, 65, was convicted for ...

Criminals could be sentenced to house arrest instead of prison after an overhaul of the system by Justice Secretary Shabana ...

Peter Lynch, a grandfather, was convicted of violent disorder at a hotel in Rotherham which housed asylum seekers ...

Dearn, was among the roughly 700 people who descended on a Holiday Inn in Malvern, Rotherham and instigated violent riots ...

He shouted 'racist and provocative remarks' towards officers and called asylum seekers in the hotel 'child killers'.

A prison is so "dilapidated" an inmate was able to remove his own cell door, an inspection has found. A watchdog has called ...

A Prison Service spokesperson said: "The report rightly notes improvements at Bedford, including a reduction in levels of self-harm and the renovation of accommodation." "The high rate of violence ...

A judge handed a life sentence to the child abuser in the 'largest UK catfish case', who among his crimes drove a 12-year-old ...