The crisis followed the last Conservative Government's failure to fulfil its promise to build up to 20,000 more prisons places before leaving office ...

Many prisoner are living in ‘inhumane conditions’ and the government must act now to avert disaster, the Public Accounts ...

The Sentencing Council will look again at arguments against its new guidelines after critics said they would create a ...

The Shadow Justice Secretary warned shoplifting is "at its highest level on record" and "serial thieves are getting soft ...

The idea of prisoners tackling their addictions in prison and working to earn their release is politically attractive. But ...

LONDON, UK - Experts and former professionals in the criminal justice system have voiced concerns about the overuse of prison ...

Most women in jail have been victims of more serious crimes than they themselves have committed, writes Andrea Coomber. We’ve known how to tackle this crisis for almost 20 years – now it’s time to put ...

Writing to Lord Justice William Davis, chairman of the Sentencing Council, Mahmood said she wanted to "make clear my ...

The courts minister confirmed ministers will look at banning criminals from sports games, pubs and social events in a bid to ...

A press conference with Zelenskyy and Trump was cancelled as the Ukrainian leader left the White House without signing an ...

Prolific offenders fuelled by drugs will be spared jail under plans for Texas-style “problem solving” courts to treat the ...

She was accompanied by one of her Conservative predecessors David Gauke, who is leading a review on sentencing for the Labour Government, expected to be published in the spring. “We’ve got to be open ...