MPs have warned that UK prisons could run out of space by early 2026 due to ineffective government measures in boosting necessary capacity. The grand ambitions of the 2021 initiative aiming to create ...

will push many closer to breaking point.' The prison population in England and Wales hit 87,893 on Friday – up 397 in a week following the rioting linked to the Southport stabbings. This figure ...

Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British ...

A rural prison is to increase its capacity by more than 50% to become "the UK's largest" jail, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. Three four-storey houseblocks will be built at HMP Highpoint ...

MPs have warned that UK prisons could run out of space by early 2026 due to ineffective government measures in boosting necessary capacity. The grand ambitions of the 2021 initiative aiming to ...