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An infamous gangster known as ‘big Viking Stomper’ has been caught after escaping prison in late May.

Heads of prisons say they will no longer be able to accept new inmates ‘very soon’ after 4 July election

Five Wells governor to take over at scandal-hit HMP Parc in Bridgend, Wales

Inmates inside El Salvador’s Centre for the Confinement of Terrorism face brutal conditions with 80 crammed into one cell and no natural daylight as President Bukele takes a tough crackdown on drugs gangs

Notorious gangster Daniel Gee escaped from Kirklevington Prison in Stockton on May 27, and Cleveland Police has now released CCTV images of a woman who appeared to meet him at a train station.

A violent gang that most likely originated in a Venezuelan prison in 2012 has, in just over a decade, grown into Latin America’s “most disruptive” criminal group and is spreading like cancer throughout the continent.

Labour has announced it would build more prisons by allowing ministers to bypass the traditional planning process, if it wins the general election.

One in 10 prisons in England and Wales barely fit for purpose, says audit of prisoner treatment

Ahmed Ali Alid, 45, told police after his arrest that the attack was "for the people of Gaza" and that if he had access to a machine gun he would have killed more people.

Hundreds of people – including children – face lengthy prison sentences under harsh Greek anti-smuggling law

Workers were allegedly given the narcotic by "prisoners working in the staff canteen" at HMP Swaleside in Kent, with a union demanding a "full investigation".

Those in police custody could remain there as bail hearings are delayed in case they are placed in prison while awaiting trial because of a lack of jail cells.

Three people have died after a prison convoy was rammed by a car on a motorway in northwestern France.

Richard Caswell, known as "Will" due to his likeness to popstar Will Young was a fearful gangster who raided a stash-house and stole nearly £1 million worth of cocaine

18 female staff were found to have had relationships with staff in one prison since its opening in 2017

Around 12 murderers, eight rapists and more than 100 guilty of drugs or firearm offences are due to be deported to Albania to serve the remainder of their sentence

The bloody cycle of gangland revenge that led to Lee Amos’ death behind bars in a Staffordshire prison

Despite being behind bars, Adolfo ’Fito’ Macias was able to run the brutal Los Choneros drug gang and Ecuador’s authorities were unable to stop him. They also couldn’t prevent his escape.

Double rapist Isla Bryson, 32, from Clydebank, Scotland, says they have been ’misgendered’ by staff at HMP Edinburgh - the prison has apologised following the complaint

Taxpayers spent £16.2m on sending officers to assist struggling jails in 2023 – up from £2.3m four years ago

Ex-mobster Stephen Gillen has recalled what his life was like behind bars in HMP Wakefield alongside Charles Bronson - one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners

Yashin has publicly said he fears for his life in prison after the death of friend Alexei Navalny

Campaigners have spent years fighting against the project

Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced in federal court to 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm on top of his sentences for murder and financial crimes

Specialist riot unit the National Tactical Response Group, dubbed the prisons’ SAS, was deployed the equivalent of more than twice a day last year, according to research by Labour – 40% more frequently than in 2022