Notorious New Zealand criminal Dean Wickliffe has been released from prison effective immediately, bringing to end his hunger ...

A former Australian police officer has avoided a prison term for killing a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun ...

This and other law changes are effectively putting more people in prison for longer. By 2035, imprisonment numbers are ...

Lifetime parolee Dean Wickliffe’s supporters say the notorious criminal is resolute - he will walk out of Springhill Prison a ...

Public safety must never be put at risk again by the failure to have enough prison places", Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said as she opened a new ...

The justice secretary has not ruled out shortening the sentences of violent offenders in a drive to create more space in an ...

Last year, the Legal Aid Society, Disability Rights Advocates, and Winston & Strawn LLP filed a class action lawsuit against ...

Lifetime parolee Dean Wickliffe is on day eight of a hunger strike in Springhill Corrections Facility, alleging a guard beat ...

HMP Millsike opening in Yorkshire is the latest step towards a target to create 14,000 extra prison places by 2031 ...

Sansal was arrested in November 2024 at Algiers airport. French President Macron has called on Algeria to release the writer.

The government has triggered an emergency measure to use police cells to hold prisoners, as jails are close to being full again. 'Operation Safeguard' is an agreement between the National Police ...

The only inmates currently banned from so-called family visits — which are held “in private, apartment-like facilities on prison grounds” and can last up to 40 hours — are those on death ...