Male prisons have fewer than 1,800 spaces available in England and Wales, the lowest level since March. More than 83,000 spaces are occupied by male inmates, despite the government introducing a ...

The latest prison figures for England and Wales show nearly 40,000 offenders have been released early since September 2024, while recalls of inmates are at “historically high” levels and the rate of ...

In 2024, 98,000 people were held in prisons or youth offender detention centers across England and Wales. And the researchers estimate that if their findings are extrapolated to the total number of ...

The number of available spaces across the male prison estate in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest this year, sources have told the BBC. As of 1 September, there were about 1,500 free spaces, ...

Prisoners in England are 41 to 67 times more likely to experience avoidable harms as a result of poor healthcare than the general public, suggest the findings of a case note review of medical records, ...

The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review has proposed the most significant reform of sentencing and punishment in England and Wales since the 1990s. The review, chaired by former ...