The world's oldest prison charity says a reformer born 300 years ago would be disappointed by the state of today's jails. The ...

Decades-old prison buildings were designed to be secure from the ground but not the air. Experts say that makes a lucrative smuggling trade hard to tackle.

The prisons in England and Wales are full, and successive governments have struggled to increase capacity as the numbers of prisoners rise. The prison population is determined by the type and length ...

The UK government has announced the digitalization of the prison system, with a new biometric ID system aimed at preventing ...

Illicit drug use in prisons across England and Wales is causing widespread and growing harm, with knock-on effects for safety, rehabilitation, and NHS costs, a new watchdog report has warned. Around ...

Inmates are dying needlessly in Britain’s prisons because of a string of failures in their healthcare, The Independent can reveal. A damning review commissioned by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woking Female Convict Prison opened in 1869 [Woking History Society] Britain's first purpose built women's prison once stood on ...

LONDON -- Shortly before 3 a.m., the sedan pulled up on a residential London street. In surveillance footage later used in court, a man can be seen leaving the vehicle and tending to an object on the ...