Kamran Ahmed and Amu Gib have been hospitalised as a rolling hunger strike that began 50 days ago raises alarm.

Nigerian nationals working as prison officers in the United Kingdom will benefit from a temporary exemption to new visa rules ...

Foreign nationals working as prison officers in the United Kingdom have been granted a temporary exemption from the new visa rules.

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 ...

A former prisoner who spent 12 years behind bars shares the festive fare given to inmates in UK jails - with menu choices ...

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 ...

Hundreds of doctors, dozens of MPs and thousands of everyday Britons call on the justice secretary to intervene.

More than 2500 foreign prison staff, the majority of them Nigerians, who were facing deportation and possible job losses, have been temporarily spared following an emergency visa extension by the UK ...

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, ...

HMP Swaleside, a Category B "training" prison on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, houses some of the nation's most dangerous ...

Hadush Kebatu, from Ethiopia, was awaiting deportation after his sentencing, but a comedy of errors led to his release from Chelmsford prison. Mr Kebatu was meant to remain in custody, but instead was ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system aimed at freeing up more space in its overcrowded prisons.