Two men have been jailed after they used drones to deliver contraband to cell windows on 105 occasions at 17 English prisons.

Issuing prisoners with Coracle laptop computers has prevented 1,800 assaults in English and Welsh jails, according to an ...

The Prison Service has apologised after a family was wrongly told that their relative had taken his own life in HMP Frankland ...

Conservative members of the Scottish Parliament have called for kettles to be banned in prisons, following eight attacks on ...

A convicted prisoner already serving three life sentences for previous serious assaults on fellow inmates received his fourth ...

Campaigners against IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) have asked a United Nations body to investigate – citing a letter written by new Justice Secretary David Lammy whilst in opposition, in ...

Following a full inspection of HMP Wormwood Scrubs, the prison inspectorate says it is concerned to have found that staff ...

A Lithuanian prisoner who had previously been convicted of people-smuggling has now been found guilty of importing illegal drugs into this country whilst in jail. The 36-year-old is said to have ...

The General Secretary of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) has called for his members to be given the right to strike.

A man awaiting sentence for fraud in HMP Chelmsford arranged to have a forged High Court letter claiming he had been approved for release sent to the prison – and was let out. Even experienced ...

There has been a sharp increase in incidents of self-harm in HMP Send, according to the latest report from the Independent ...