MPs have warned that UK prisons could run out of space by early 2026 due to ... notwithstanding the prior release of thousands of inmates intended to ease overcrowding. MPs lambasted the HM Prison and ...

MPs also said the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) remains operating “hand to mouth”, reacting to immediate crises like it found in 2020, and that the service acknowledges it as “detrimental” ...

A prisoner has been charged with attempted murder after a 'serious' assault at a Durham prison. Damien Bendall, has been ...

With the Chancellor expected to announce swingeing cuts of around 7 per cent across government departments, the Prison ...

A huge haul of weapons was found stashed in cells in Greater Manchester's four prisons during a crackdown on drones and drugs ...

TOO many vulnerable and mentally unwell women have been sent to jail due to a lack of suitable services in the community, ...

of all 12 women’s prisons, with more than 5,200 reported incidents in the past year, a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) found. A quarter of all incidents of self-harm involved three ...

It is not the first time concerns have been raised about conditions at the prison. The HM Inspectorate of Prisons previously found the rate of self-harm was the highest in the women's estate.

It was rebuilt after the notorious Strangeways riot in April 1990, which was the largest disturbance in the prison service's ...