Emergency measures have been introduced by the Justice Secretary in order to prevent the prisons system from reaching full capacity by November. Shabana Mahmood introduced plans on Wednesday to ...

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 ...

The UK’s prison overcrowding crisis has been fuelled by politicians‘ attempts to seem “tough on crime”, a major government review has found. The Independent Sentencing Review report is a stark break ...

London, United Kingdom – Two Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners on hunger strike have been taken to hospital, according to a family member and a friend, adding to fears that the young ...

We summarise new research that examines how the ban on new psychoactive substances affected drug availability and violence in prisons.

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 ...

The UK prison service is for the first time sponsoring skilled worker visas for overseas workers after a recent change in the rules enabled them to recruit from abroad. Per The Telegraph, worker ...