15 h. ago Voices: I’ve spent decades inside prisons – here’s how I’ll fix them for good

In light of the Gauke sentencing review, prisons minister Lord Timpson explains why, to end the perma-crisis in our justice system, we must now embark on the largest expansion of jail places since the Victorian era

Events

7 d. ago Dad jailed for 40 years in Dubai 'hellhole' after being 'caught with cocaine'

Sam Dorman from Glossop has been sentenced to four decades in prison in the United Arab Emirates

Events

9 d. ago Family say teen Bella May Culley was 'obviously taken advantage of' over 'drugs plot'

Bella May Culley, 18, is accused of trying to smuggle up to 14kg cannabis into Georgia and could face decades in prison - her grandad says he's terrified she will get a long sentence

Events

9 d. ago Lawyers will support any compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Peter Sullivan was released from prison yesterday after protesting his innocence for decades.

Events

9 d. ago Bella May Culley sent final message before vanishing on holiday

Bella May Culley, 18, faces decades in a prison in Georgia as her shocked family reacts to her arrest, some 4,000 miles away from where they thought she was on holiday

Politics

1 week ago Menendez brothers' reduced murder sentence offers chance at parole after decades in prison

The Menendez brothers have been resentenced to 50 years to life for the 1989 murder of their parents, after a judge ruled they were eligible for the possibility of parole

Events

1 week ago Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced for the 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills mansion after three decades in prison: Live

California’s state parole board will now decide if the brothers should be freed

Events

1 week ago California judge resentences Menendez brothers to be eligible for parole

Erik and Lyle Menendez given 50 years to life, making them eligible for parole and giving them chance at freedomA California judge resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have spent nearly three decades in prison for the murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home, to be eligible for parole.Judge Michael Jesic shortens the brothers’ sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life. They would still need approval from the state’s parole board to be released. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing begins after months of delays

LA judge to decide whether Erik and Lyle Menendez should get chance at freedom after serving 30 years for murderErik and Lyle Menendez returned to court on Tuesday for a long-awaited hearing where a Los Angeles judge will decide whether the brothers should get a chance at freedom after serving nearly three decades in prison for the double murder of their parents in 1989.The resentencing hearing, which is moving ahead after months of delays, is expected to last two days. If Judge Michael Jesic shortens their sentences, the brothers would still need approval from the state’s parole board to be released. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Metropolitan Police marksman faces sack a decade after shooting dead gangster during prison break bid

The Scotland Yard firearms officer, who is known as cypher W80, fired the fatal shot at Jermaine Baker in North London ten years ago

Events

1 week ago Met firearms officer could be sacked a decade after shooting dead gangster during prison break bid

The officer, known as 'W80', gunned down Jermaine Baker, 28, during an intelligence-led operation in December 2015, as Baker plotted to break two convicts out of prison.

Events

2 w. ago Monster who abused kids for decades dies in prison without knowing he was locked up

Frederick Heard was sentenced to 16 years in jail in 2012 after being found guilty of a string of sexual abuse offences against girls but died in prison before his release

Events

2 w. ago Britain's most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson refused public parole hearing after decades behind bars

Bronson is locked up for 23 hours a day, and was first jailed in 1974, when he was 22.

Events

2 w. ago The execution that haunts prison worker 28 years later: Death row officer had therapy for a decade after horrific mishap filled cells with the smell of 'burning flesh'

Ron McAndrew witnessed executions using the electric chair in Florida, but one traumatising death never left him and the botched execution led to the prison ending the use of the electric chair.

Events

3 w. ago Deaths in Scots prisons among highest in Europe as numbers rise, report states

“It is of real concern that the mortality rate in our prisons has more than doubled in the last decade and is now among the highest in Europe."

Events

3 w. ago South Carolina prisons director is named the new US attorney for the state

The man who has led South Carolina prisons for more than a decade has been named the new U.S. attorney for the state

Events

4 w. ago 'Monster' no longer seeking parole in victory for Scots mum and teen who suffered abuse

"For the first time our voices were heard in our own words. I've spent years with all of this my head but we speak out and by doing so we show others there’s not alone."

Events