All news on the topic: Prisons

A prison spent almost £8,000 on a fish tank for the reception while conditions for inmates were ‘squalid’.

Toni Cole, 29, was sentenced to 12 months in jail after it was discovered that she had been involved in a series of intimate encounters with a prisoner at HMP Five Wells in Northamptonshire.

The leader of the independent sentencing review has told LBC that he wants to see some women’s prisons closed and repurposed to house male inmates.

Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison, says he plans to use interim payment to visit family in Australia.

A mum who dragged a rival parent to the ground and repeatedly kicked her in the face outside a primary school has avoided jail.

Martin Jones said prisons are overcrowded for "limited benefit" as the number of offenders sent back to jail after release has more than doubled in 10 years.

The replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost almost £1 billion, almost 10 times the initial estimate.

Gaie Delap had prison term extended because contractors could not find wrist strap of right size.

Italy’s biggest influencer Chiara Ferragni could face up to five years in jail if she is found guilty of fraud over allegedly misleading her followers with the sale of limited edition Christmas cakes and Easter eggs.

A mum holding her baby slipped £2,000 worth of drugs down an inmate’s trousers while giving him a hug. Rebecca Gray was caught passing over the drugs parcel worth £2,000 at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham.

Urfan Sharif, who killed his 10-year-old daughter Sara Sharif after subjecting her to years of "horrific" abuse, has been moved to a prison dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’.

A massive prison break has occurred in the city of Goma – M23 rebels stormed the city and announced its ’liberation’, as the UN has called for the rebels to ’cease all hostilities’.

France will open its first prison dedicated to isolating the country’s top 100 drug lords in July as part of efforts to stop inmates from running criminal networks from behind bars.

An "intimidating" driver of a Ferrari has been jailed after a three-week old baby was left with permanent brain injuries after he hit speeds of up to 136mph on a road in Chesire.

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.

A British teenager jailed in a ‘hellish’ prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl wasn’t allowed to speak to his family on his birthday.

Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jails.

The UK’s top prison inspector has warned drug drones are a national security threat, as inmates burn holes in their windows to receive deliveries.

In the early hours of the morning of January 7, 2024, a police and military task force stormed La Regional, one of two major prisons in Guayaquil.

Organized crime in Ecuador today operates on several levels.

A prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate in his cell has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.

A man has been charged with helping Daniel Khalife, the former British army soldier who passed secrets to Iran, after his escape from prison.

Prisons will need more money to combat the rapid rise in drones delivering drugs, the head of an influential Commons committee has said, as figures showed the number of aerial incursions predicted to have tripled in two years.