All news on the topic: Prisons

James Watson, 42, was handed a minimum jail term of 15 years in 2022 after being convicted of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave, who was found strangled in Peterborough in 1994

Christopher Pray was discovered on Friday morning after Portland Fire & Rescue rescue crews were dispatched to a report of a potentially deceased person in a pond

Stillwater Prison in Bayport, Minnesota, is on lockdown after an entire unit of prisoners reportedly refused to return to their cells with multiple ambulances and emergency crews on scene

After being handed a whole-life sentence for her crimes, serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will now live out the rest of her days in prison, without any possibility of release, and each stage of her life has already been planned for

Otto Wambier died after being in custody of Pyongyang and his parents cite North Korea's treatment of him as the reason for his demise with evidence of torture

HMP Berwyn, which cost £212million to open, is being "adversely affected" by staffing issues in the wake of a string of sex scandals involving inmates and female members of staff

Danelo Cavalcante, 34, has been missing since Thursday morning when he managed to escape from Chester State Prison in Philadelphia - but now he has been spotted on CCTV images in the area

Shauna Hoare was released from prison on licence today after serving half of her 17-year sentence for her part in the barbaric murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Becky Watts

Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life behind bars after being handed a whole-life order for her heinous crimes, and it's 'extremely unlikely' she'll ever be allowed a day release

Chief inspector Charlie Taylor is calling for urgent improvement at HMP Woodhill following shocking results found in a recent inspection - findings include bullying at high cases of assault

Prison can be a very dangerous place, particularly when you're a notorious criminal well-known to your other inmates, and tensions have in the past erupted out in some harrowingly violent ways

Rumours have been circulating online concerning Lucy Letby's first days at high-security prison HMP Low Newton, with some claiming the child killer has been subjected to a violent attack by fellow inmates

Kandice Barber, 37, was jailed for six years and two months in 2021 after grooming a pupil and having sex with him in a field. Ex-husband Danny stood by her during her trial

Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her days behind bars after being handed a whole-life order for her heinous crimes in a prison that has been home to several notorious British killers

The Colt family was made up of 40 kids and started by couple Tim and Betty in the 1970s, with the former going on to allegedly father numerous children with his own kids and even a grandchild

A woman was forced to give birth in her jail cell without medical help when a nurse allegedly ignored her pleas for help and left the room

Francesca Fattore, 43, was sent to HMP Bronzefield for a year for drug offences and rubbed shoulders with the UK's most evil women. Lucy Letby was held there after being arrested

Margaret Pomeroy spoke of her heartbreak as her son Michael McDonagh was found unresponsive at HMP Forest Bank, a Category B jail in Salford, Greater Manchester

Florida's Department of Corrections said incarcerated persons have been "relocated to facilities better equipped to weather the impacts of the storm" as forecasts expect the hurricane to become a Category 3 by the time it makes landfall in Florida and Georgia

Malcolm Day, 81, from Adelaide, Australia, wants to take his own life under euthanasia laws and is believed to be near the end of the application process to be granted a permit

Hayley Turner, Britain’s winning-most female jockey, said she had to call in the police after the correspondence took a turn for the worst

Matthew Tinling is currently serving two life sentences for sawing through a former soldier's spine to paralyse him before killing him, and launching a vicious knife attack on another inmate in 2016

Amid claims that Sheerness in Kent is one of the most dangerous places to live in the UK locals have rallied around their home which they say retains a rare community spirit

Thomas McCabe, 59, was sentenced to life for murder in 1990, and is currently at large after failing to return to prison on Wednesday, said police in Northern Ireland

Steve Reed, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary said: “No one will take any lessons from this soft-on-crime Tory government."