Prisons

'Why send shoplifters to jail, when the criminal justice system is already backed up'. PIC: PA

Ministers need to understand causes of shoplifting - Jayne Dowle

Abigail White has been handed a life sentence for the murder of Bradley Lewis.

Only Fans model who killed partner slams jail’s ‘conjugal visits’ ban

HMP Leeds in Armley is going into "lockdown", according to the POA union.

Prisons including HMP Leeds in Armley to be put into "immediate lockdown"

HMP Leeds, which received a damning inspection report earlier this year, is among the sites chosen to take part

Troubled prisons to trial Â£10m blitz on drugs and violence

Prime Minister David Cameron.

Free rein for governors as Cameron privatises prisons

Campaigners in call to tackle sex abuse in Britain’s prisons

Bill Carmichael: Prisoners need skills, not TVs

Time to punish the pushers

Pension protests to continue as Ministers try to hold line

Video: Prison officers back at work after government gets tough on public pensio...

Serco axes 500 UK jobs in worldwide shake-up

G4S drops cleaning firm buyout plan

Prisons move for ‘danger’ patients

Security firm took inmates to court in taxis

Five days a week of hard work for jobless criminals

Longer jail terms cut reoffending Ministry study finds

Notorious child killer murdered in Yorkshire prison hostage drama

How to survive in prison as a disgraced MP - by Jonathan Aitken

Ken Clarke: Radical reform is needed to break the cycle of crime

Nick Hayns: The private answer for improved services

Monitoring inadequate in prison
Systematic failings in monitoring sex offenders' telephone calls in prisons are putting children at risk, inspectors have said.

Monday's Letters: Who will serve the interest of regional firms?

Monday's Letters: Prisons can be effective if they have sufficient resources

Exclusive: Prisons 'in chaos' row as inmates released by mistake

MPs want cut in prisoners