Many prisoner are living in ‘inhumane conditions’ and the government must act now to avert disaster, the Public Accounts ...

Prisons are set to overflow once again in 2026 despite thousands of convicts being released early, a new report has found, ...

Bystanders were left terrified as dozens of inmates made a daring escape from Kutacane Penitentiary in Aceh, Indonesia, with ...

The crisis followed the last Conservative Government's failure to fulfil its promise to build up to 20,000 more prisons ...

A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase ...

An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions at ...

The US has flown more than 250 accused migrant gang members to El Salvador — where they will be sent to one of the world’s most notorious mega-prisons.

More than 50 inmates in an Indonesian prison staged an escape as officers scrambled to stop them. Video showed the prisoners ...

MPs have warned the prison service is operating 'hand to mouth' as it scrambles from one crisis to another - with jails set ...

At least 52 inmates escaped from an overcrowded prison in the westernmost Aceh province of Indonesia after breaking through ...

Prisons are out of control with violence increasing and drug use rampant, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been warned.