Prisons

Donald Trump winning the US presidency in November could have grave repercussions that will reverberate through Europe, according to a leading expert.Despite facing a possible prison sentence over doctoring official documents about a hush…

A huge row has erupted as police are refusing an order to arrest fewer people because prisons are too full. Chief Chief constables are being asked to consider pausing “non-priority arrests” and to stop operations that may trigger “large…

Prisoners are being held in “inhumane” conditions as jails spiral out of control with high levels of drugs, violence and suicide, an official annual report has warned.A scathing independent review catalogues a “tremendous strain” on the…

Some court hearings will be delayed under emergency measures to cope with a lack of prison cells. People who are arrested may be forced to remain in police cells instead of attending their bail hearings in parts of England due to…

Keir Starmer has accused the Tories of being focused on culture war issues like civil servants' rainbow lanyards while domestic abusers are being released early from prisons. In a fiery PMQs exchange, the Labour leader attacked Rishi Sunak…

Dangerous prisoners including a domestic abuser who is a risk to children and has a history of stalking have had their release dates brought forward.The Chief Inspector of Prisons has said the Tories’ plan to let out offenders up to 70 days…

The Tories have been accused of letting prisoners out of jail in "secret" after quietly extending the length of an early release scheme by 10 days. Offenders could be released up to 70 days early as the country runs out of spare prison…

It's been two years since British-Iranian mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was launched from Iranian jail.The charity employee was taking her daughter Gabriella, then two, to see her household in 2016 when she was arrested in Tehran and…

A pair of rich former Tory donors are set to revenue from a £6.4million Home Office contract to apply forcing asylum seekers onto planes to Rwanda.The Mirror revealed earlier this yr that the Government had taken over an unlimited movie…

A Tory Minister has insisted the Covid pandemic is the first trigger for crowded prisons.Lee Rowley, MP for North East Derbyshire, instructed a Question Time viewers that the pandemic had swelled jail numbers because of the backlog of…