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Union says staff shortages and confusion over early release schemes are driving a rise in mistakes

Shadow solicitor general Helen Grant said it would operate similarly to the sex offenders register.

The department is once again the subject of debate about whether it is beyond repair after immigration and prison problems

Editorial: Fixing prisons, hospitals and local councils means rejecting austerity’s logic and recognising that state spending builds competence, not waste

Sean 'Diddy' Combs could walk free earlier than expected as his lawyers push for a transfer to Fort Dix, where completing a rehab programme could reduce his prison term by up to a year.

Lawyers for Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro have filed an appeal to reduce his prison sentence for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat

The family of Bella May Culley, 19, paid more than €157,000 in a plea deal that could result in a two-year prison sentence in the former Soviet republic.

Suge Knight is speaking out again.

A pregnant British teenager who is being held in Georgia on drug smuggling charges could receive a prison sentence of two years as part of a plea deal, her lawyer said

Family of Bella Culley, 19, paid £138,000 in deal that could result in a two-year sentence in former Soviet republic

The mistaken release of a sex offender who was set to be deported exposes the staffing pressures at the heart of Britain’s prisons crisis. A senior prison employee told the BBC that Hadush Kebatu’s accidental release was “down to a series of mistakes probably because staff are overworked and in…