Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British ...

MPs have issued a stark warning that prisons in the UK are on track to run out of space by early 2026, as government initiatives have fallen short in providing the necessary additional capacity.

MPs have warned that UK prisons could run out of space by early 2026 due to ineffective government measures in boosting necessary capacity. The grand ambitions of the 2021 initiative aiming to ...

Up to £41million a year is saved every year by sending UK state pensioners to prisons, new figures have shown. According to newly released data, 3,562 people aged 66 and above are serving at His ...

A rural prison is to increase its capacity by more than 50% to become "the UK's largest" jail, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. Three four-storey houseblocks will be built at HMP Highpoint ...

Now five years on from when residents were told to stay indoors, Nottinghamshire people have differing opinions on their ...

MPs have warned that UK prisons could run out of space by early 2026 due to ineffective government measures in boosting necessary capacity. The grand ambitions of the 2021 initiative aiming to create ...