All news on the topic: Prisons

Andrew Magee, from Widnes in Cheshire, was trusted to join a family on a camping holiday, but when the parents fell asleep he lead their 15-year-old daughter to a tent where he raped her

Freed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, 79, allegedly slaughtered at least 20 Western backpackers who were travelling through Asia's "hippie trail" during the 1970s and 1980s

Angie White, 41, was brutally killed by her abusive husband Daniel White, 36 - and her Alexa device proved key in court as it helped secure a conviction for the monster

Lindsay Sandiford may dodge a firing squad thanks to a change in the law in Indonesia wher she has been held since 2013 for trying to smuggle £1.6million of cocaine into the country

A pair of wealthy former Tory donors are set to profit from a multi-million Home Office contract to practice forcing asylum seekers onto planes heading to Rwanda

Housing Minister Lee Rowley appeared on Question Time, during which he said Conservative Party 'had a difficult week' and discussed the nation's crowded prisons

Caleb Kinsey and Stephen Glosser have been accused of blowing up a woman’s house with 80lbs-worth of explosives after a fling broke down – along with a list of twisted plans

Ministers have announced emergency measures to let prisoners out early to free up jail space - but there are concerns the probation service will not be able to cope

Burglars and shoplifters are among prisoners who will be released two months early as the country runs out of spare jail cells. But do you agree with these emergency measures?

Trish Hinde was just six years old when her father began abusing her and the following year she began suffering from violent seizures.

Kathy Brandel, who was murdered alongside her husband, Ralph Hendry in the Caribbean, was raped before she was killed, according to reports, as three were arrested and charged with murder

In recent days, rumours circulating on social media alleged that 35-year-old Dougie Joyce - who is serving 19 months for a vicious assault on an elderly man in Manchester - was himself attacked in the prison showers

Burglars and shoplifters are among prisoners who will be released two months early as the country runs out of spare jail cells, the Justice Secretary has announced

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage read to inmates at HMP East Sutton Park from his Paper Aeroplane poetry collection amid an aim to improve their literacy

Kandice Barber, who was jailed in 2021 for having sex with a 15-year-old schoolboy while teaching at Princes Risborough School, has been released after serving just half her sentence

Deadly radioactive gas was detected in cells at HMP Dartmoor in 2020 but it took more than two years for almost two hundred inmates to be removed from the site

A Louisiana woman was able to fight off a convicted sex offender before stabbing him to death with the same weapon he had threatened her with earlier, say police

Steven Barker was jailed in 2009 for causing the horrific death of toddler Peter Connelly but advocates are furious he could be released from prison on parole in a matter months

Inspectors at one of Britain's most notorious prisons have reported a drop in the number of assaults after inmates were encouraging to take part in a facial hair challenge for the charity Movember

Rust armourer Hannan Gutierrez-Reed is said to be having a difficult time in jail after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. She faces up to 18 months in prison

Steph Pendleton went on holiday for a few days and left Lila and Phab in the care of dog sitter Janine Maloney - days later they’d died after being left in a hot car

Haiti has declared a state of emergency as spate of violence continues amid gang violence in Port-au-Prince following political uncertainty

A month after an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, ex-con Sheldon Johnson is facing murder charges as he was seen leaving a rival’s house in a wig before a head was found in the freezer

An estimated 17,000 children are affected by having a mum in prison every year and many will be separated on Mother’s Day this Sunday as experts call for more support

Tish Cyrus reportedly has no plans to reconcile with her daughter Noah Cyrus after she reportedly hired security to keep her out of her wedding to Prison Break star Dominic Purcell after claims she stole Noah's boyfriend