The latest prison figures for England and Wales show nearly 40,000 offenders have been released early since September 2024, while recalls of inmates are at “historically high” levels and the rate of ...

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 scheme ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A general view of the Belmarsh prison, in London LONDON (Reuters) - Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a ...

In the early 1990s, while working at the Maudsley Hospital in London, clinical and forensic psychologist Susan Young began to notice a troubling trend. Young people diagnosed with conditions such as ...

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The prison population in England and Wales reached a record high on Friday, the government said, ahead of a planned expansion of the early release of prisoners this month ...

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Drone deliveries of drugs and weapons into British prisons have become a national security threat, the country's chief prisons inspector warned on Tuesday, calling for ...

Illicit drug use in prisons across England and Wales is causing widespread and growing harm, with knock-on effects for safety, rehabilitation, and NHS costs, a new watchdog report has warned. Around ...

The drugs crisis in English and Welsh prisons has reached “endemic” levels, “fostering a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken”, said the House of Commons Justice Committee. The prison ...

An inmate’s reveal about life in prison has gone viral — and some TikTokkers are seemingly into it. In the video, a user named Jodie (@jodieandjail) shared a document about her “basic guide to life” ...