Letters: Readers respond to an editorial on overcrowded jails and plans to convert parts of the women’s prison estate for use by men ...

Some male prisoners will be housed in women’s prisons as part of UK prime minister Andy Burnham’s plan to tackle prison overcrowding, despite heavy restrictions on trans women being held in women’s ...

A cell at HMP Bronzefield, which it has been suggested could be converted into a male prison - Tim Ockenden/PA Archive Andy Burnham has been urged to convert at least one women’s prison into a jail ...

New research from the University of Portsmouth has found that peer mentors in women's prisons are taking on extra responsibilities without proper training, putting themselves in potentially high-risk ...

Transgender prisoners are being moved to jails according to their biological sex, after the Scottish government confirmed it would not appeal a legal ruling. On Friday, Lady Ross ruled that Scottish ...