Asylum seekers who are fleeing sexual abuse are entirely dependent on the Home Office for support, accommodation and recovery ...

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates yesterday told the BBC he had received no response despite writing to the Prime ...

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...

These new provisions were introduced by the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 and have come into force on 1st November, ...

A prisoner self-harms every 7 minutes according to new data from the Ministry of Justice. It also showed an almost 25% rise ...

Safety has collapsed at a Lancashire prison where prisoners are able to bring in drugs via drones through smashed windows.

The Privy Council has overturned the conviction of a man of murder on the basis of fundamentally flawed DNA evidence ...

Deborah Coles, the Director of INQUEST, a charity supporting the family of Chris Kaba and other victims of state-related ...

Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

Five of these inmates serving IPP sentences were given a tariff (a minimum time of imprisonment) of less than six months. A ...

The Prisons Inspector has written to Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, demanding that HMP Winchester be placed into ...