The Latest Breaking News from Prison

The Rebuilding Futures Alliance has been launched to offer former inmates the chance to learn a skilled trade in the transport sector.

Despite enduring five months of imprisonment in 2024, environmental activist Paul Watson remains more determined than ever to combat illegal whaling. Recently granted honorary citizenship by the city of Paris, he eagerly anticipates sharing his message at the UN Ocean Summit in Nice this June.

David Gauke, former Conservative justice secretary, has said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee-jerk’ policy response to show government action

David Gauke’s major review of criminal sentencing blames posturing ‘tough on crime’ politicians for the prisons crisis

Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.

The marmalade had reportedly been prescribed to the man to treat seizures

Judges in Australian courtrooms have a lot of power. They can decide on someone’s guilt and the punishment for it, including lengthy prison time.

British PM Keir Starmer supports release of imprisoned activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Egypt. Mother on hunger strike. Call for broader human rights action.