Brian Cathcart, 47, died at the Victorian prison in the east end in December 2021, with a Fatal Accident Inquiry to be held ...

Give prison governors more power to fix Britain's broken jails, say Lords - Lords say jails are in crisis due to years of political and bureaucratic failure ...

A convicted loyalist bomber and major suspect in the shocking Loughinisland massacre stepped out in the summer sunshine on ...

Prison reform campaigners have called for a cap on the number of prisoners in Scotland as jails grow dangerously overcrowded ...

Since 2021, 128 prison employees have been dismissed due to ‘mental ill health,’ as the number of altercations involving prisoners has risen.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two former West Virginia correctional officers were sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday for their roles in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate.

There have been scores of assaults on prisoners and staff at HMP Inverness, according to new figures. With a design capacity of just 103 prisoners, HMP Inverness is one of Scotland’s smallest prisons.

Glasgow's revamped Citizens Theatre will premiere a show described as 'equal parts psychological thriller and pitch-black comedy.' ...

CONVICTED criminals including violent thugs are being freed from jail to be deported then returning to Scotland - creating a 'revolving door' of foreign offenders.

Three more of the 10 inmates who busted out of a New Orleans facility in a high-profile jailbreak were recaptured in two different states, authorities said on May 26. Lenton Vanburen, Leo Tate ...

LONDON (AP) — For more than a half-century, Ryland Headley got away with murder. When justice finally caught up to the former railway worker Tuesday in a British courtroom, he was 92 years old and ...

Prison inspectors found that overcrowding and its impacts were the” primary concerns” and warned it breaches UN rules. Ever after the early release of short-term prisoners, the average prison ...