Prisons face ‘total gridlock’ in 2026 amid failure to increase capacity – MPs
A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase ...
Prisons set to run out of spaces again within a year despite early release scheme, MPs warn
Many prisoner are living in ‘inhumane conditions’ and the government must act now to avert disaster, the Public Accounts ...
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Prisons Overcrowding Crisis to Force Keir Starmer to Release Thousands More Prisoners Early
The crisis followed the last Conservative Government's failure to fulfil its promise to build up to 20,000 more prisons ...
Prisons to overflow again by 2026 despite early release of thousands of prisoners, report finds
Prisons are set to overflow once again in 2026 despite thousands of convicts being released early, a new report has found, ...
Prison fights and violence surge as warning issued over 'pressure cooker' jails
MPs have warned the prison service is operating 'hand to mouth' as it scrambles from one crisis to another - with jails set ...
More than 50 prisoners escape from ‘overcrowded’ jail after breaking through security
More than 50 inmates in an Indonesian prison staged an escape as officers scrambled to stop them. Video showed the prisoners ...
More than 50 inmates flee from overcrowded facility in Indonesia in mass prison break
At least 52 inmates escaped from an overcrowded prison in the westernmost Aceh province of Indonesia after breaking through ...
Courts 'gridlock' fears as judges to stop sending criminals to overcrowded prisons
Prisons are out of control with violence increasing and drug use rampant, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been warned.
Read our coverage of Haitian deportation and the deplorable conditions in Haitian prisons
Ultimately, the men were released, including at least two illegally detained New Jersey men from deplorable conditions in a Haitian prison. Here is our coverage of the matter. Originally published ...