A senior prison officer in the UK, Tracy Boateng, was handed a 12-month suspended sentence after having a fling with a ...

An independent review has recommended that prisoners be released for good behaviour and shorter sentences of less than 12 ...

Chemical castration is being considered for sex offenders as a way to reduce the likelihood of re-committing the crime under ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plan to use chemical castration for sex offenders aims to cut reoffending and free prison ...

Gauke review calls for jail time for offenders given sentences of less than 1 year to be scrapped in push to cut overcrowding ...

LONDON (AP) — The British government is to rollout the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of sex offenders, as part of a package of measures to reduce the risk of reoffending and alleviate ...

Britain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system ...

The crisis in Britain's jails in "totally unacceptable", Prisons Minister Lord James Timpson has told LBC, after the government announced a "record expansion" as it scrambles to reduce overcrowding.

President Donald Trump announced a "major prisoners swap" had taken place between Russia and Ukraine. The two sides had agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners each at their direct talks in Istanbul last ...