Not even justice is recession-proof. On June 29, U.K. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced radical prison reforms meant to save the government money while shutting “the revolving door of crime ...

The scenes outside prisons this week verged on the farcical. As 1,700 offenders released early embraced their unexpected freedom, they spoke to reporters with a mixture of glee and depressing realism.

In a move to ease the pressure on Britain’s overflowing jails, justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced emergency measures allowing recalled prisoners to be released after just 28 days. This ...

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Belmarsh prison, in London LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain has taken emergency action to prevent prisons from becoming overcrowded as hundreds of people are sentenced in connection with the civil unrest that gripped the country earlier ...

Britain's jails are over packed. Yes, that's right. Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned Britain’s prisons are at 99 per cent capacity and in five months there will be no place left for a ...

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 ...

Extreme incidents of violence inside HMP Belmarsh where it's been claimed 'jihad networking' was rife, have included attacks with boiling water, tins used as knives and gang-related beatings. The jail ...

The British government said criminals could earn earlier release under a new program to cut the prison population, citing Texas as an inspiration. By Lizzie Dearden Reporting from London In February, ...

Sharon Carr was just 12 years old when she knifed Katie Rackliff more than 30 times as the 18-year-old made her home from a ...