Labour has opened the first ever “green” all-electric mega-prison to house 1,500 inmates. “Megaprison” HMP Millsike in East ...

Could Texas hold the answer to Britain's prisons crisis? Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood and prison minister James Timpson will visit the US state next month to learn about its points-based ...

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

Wider questions about the safety of the UK’s almost 80,000 prison inmates have been highlighted by the case of Powell, who “was in prison for the first time after being sentenced to eight ...

A new crack squad will see specialist staff sent to 80 prisons in England and Wales to remove those who have no right to stay in the UK, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced on Sunday.

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 ...

The UK government is looking to Estelle prison for ideas - for ways to reduce reoffending and to bring down prisoner numbers in our already overcrowded jails. There's a scheme here they'd like to ...