Despite plans to create an extra 14,000 prison cells by 2031, the UK still faces the prospect of running out of space for inmates. The dire prediction has prompted justice secretary Shabana Mahmood to ...

More prisoners should go to open prisons to help reduce reoffending, the man leading a sentencing review for England and Wales has suggested. David Gauke told the BBC's World At One programme the ...

A sign informing people not to fly drones outside HMP High Down prison near Banstead in Surrey. Credit: PA Drones dropping drugs and weapons to dangerous prisoners being held in high-security ...