All news on the topic: Jails

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication.

Three members of a grooming gang who targeted teenage girls in the 1990s have been jailed.

Lyle and Erik Menendez shot dead Jose and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez in Beverly Hills, California but a recent Netflix drama has led to the recommendation for resentencing.

Members of a cult who tried to kidnap a coroner for ‘detrimental necromancy’ have been jailed.

Taxpayers spent £16.2m on sending officers to assist struggling jails in 2023 – up from £2.3m four years ago