All news on the topic: Prisons

Alabama Supreme Court has greenlighted Kenneth Smith's execution with 'nitrogen hypoxia', a cruel, previously untried method that could see him suffocating on his own vomit, suffering a 'drawn out and agonising death'

Zara Aleena, a law graduate, had been walking home after seeing some friends in Ilford when Jordan McSweeney attacked her, launching a horrific nine minute sexual assault that took her life

It is against the law for anyone to set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am in England and Wales, apart from on certain occasions - on Bonfire Night, the cut-off is midnight

Bobby Welch, who died last week aged 94, was one of 15 men who stole £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train in an infamous heist in 1963 and spent 30 years in jail

Tarsame Singh, 79, battered his wife Maya Devi, 77, to death and then walked into a police station to confess the murder. He has now been jailed for at least 15 years

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who infamously was behind the murder of her abusive mother, is set to be freed this December. What she plans to do next may surprise you…

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Police reports say the toddlers intestines were "coming out" after 22-year-old Aida stabbed her son in Russia. If found guilty, she could face up to seven years in prison

Two horrified homeowners moved into their new house - only to find the dead body of a 19-year-old man in the freezer. Sources say police were told the body was there, but failed to find it

ITV's The Long Shadow tells in devastating detail the stories of Peter Sutcliffe's innocent victims, who were murdered by the sick serial killer over the course of years

The Long Shadow tells the story of the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe's victims and looks inside the police investigation that finally snared the twisted killer

Peter Sutcliffe died behind bars from Covid in 2020 and ITV's The Long Shadow tells the story of his 13 victims, who were all killed in cold blood

Former EastEnders actor Sid Owen makes a dramatic escape from prison as he struggles to cope with life behind bars for a new Channel 4 social experiment TV show Banged Up

The Institute for Government (IfG) has issued a list of shame highlighting areas where the public is being let down with NHS waiting lists soaring, councils going bankrupt and the prison service in crisis

David Carrick was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted to 24 counts of rape

Mental health nursing assistant Amy Hatfield, 38, was a huge part of the conspiracy which also involved six other inmates including her married lover, his wife and dad

Becky Sharp suffered life changing injuries but her little daughter Lorena escaped harm - and the brave mother says she would do the same thing again if her children were in danger

Supervising prisoners can be unpredictable and challenging, as Mirror writer Nia Dalton discovered spending the day with prison officers at HMP Leyhill in Gloucestershire, guarding Category D inmates finishing their sentences

David Stanners, nicknamed "Frog Eye", from Limerick, who was jailed for the brutal killing of rival gang boss Kieran Keane, has been found dead in his prison cell in Ireland

Gogglebox star Marcus Luther has admitted that he slept with a plastic knife in prison on Channel 4's new reality series, Banged Up, after a terrifying cellmate experience

Oran Brown, who has an amateur licence and was reportedly due to ride at Cheltenham this weekend, received a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence

The gun wielding teen Noah Ney shot into a home in Tulsa where a five-year-old girl played hitting her in the neck and shoulder. The court heard the boy had a terrible childhood with both his parents ending up in prison

Prosecutors in Cyprus are appealing the manslaughter verdict and sentence of David Hunter who spent 19 months behind bars for killing terminally-ill wife of 52 years Janice

Charity Care4Calais, which supports refugees, has announced it plans to take the Home Office to court in a battle over RAF Wethersfield

Today the Chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales, Caroline Corby, said the panel had to respect a long-standing legal order that bans the public identification of Jon Venables

Ministers have proposed sending fewer people to jail as they run desperately short of cells. Now the Mirror can reveal plans for 5,000 new prison spaces were blocked by Tory MPs