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Thousands of sex offenders may be given drugs to curb their vile urges while behind bars, it has been revealed.

Sex offenders and violent criminals are set to face new GPS-powered “restriction zones” confined to areas within a "few miles" upon their release from prison.

One of Britain’s first Net Zero prisons is set to be £150billion overbudget, 10 years’ delayed and deliver just 200 new jail places.

Nearly 350 cells at Britain’s most expensive new prison sit unused despite the UK facing a severe capacity crisis.

Almost 90,000 Britons will become victims of crime thanks to Labour’s prison release plan, new analysis suggests.

Reform UK is in talks with El Salvador over a plan to deport all foreign criminals to the country’s tough jails should it win the next General Election.

Rapists could be banned from getting an early release from prison under plans being considered by the Prime Minister, it has been reported.

Reoffending has hit a record high following the release of more than 70,000 convicted criminals under Labour’s scheme to combat jail overcrowding.

Winners of a violence-reduction competition will be treated to fakeaways in a women’s prison, according to a new report.

The government has announced it will launch a "major" new examination into the security of prisons in England and Wales.

The backlog of trials in Scotland’s highest criminal courts has nearly tripled, due in part to an increase in complex cases involving serious organized crime and historic sex abuse.

Linton Weirich, who was at HMP Wandsworth, spoke out to expose corruption, saying: “Officers don’t run jails any more — prisoners do.”

After being released from prisons in Russia, Ukrainian citizens are indefinitely kept in practical captivity.

Reports that the Kremlin assigns monthly recruitment targets to regional governors are gaining further confirmation, with new evidence suggesting that officials are under pressure to deliver a set number of contract soldiers.

There are concerns that hundreds more inmates and staff may have been exposed to hazardous levels of cancer-causing gas, with the Ministry of Justice now investigating 42 prison and probation sites, The Independent can reveal.

Amnesty International warns that the state of exception extended by the government and reforms to the penal system have undermined the rule of law in El Salvador.

Only one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in abusive prisons.

Three fatalities in Tunisian prisons within one week in July have alarmed rights groups about prison conditions and alleged mistreatment, leading to urgent appeals for government investigations.