Three high security prisons have gifted animals (pictured, file photo) to inmates as a reward for good behaviour, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed.

VPs, despite bullying fears One prison scraps ‘offence-neutral’ policy after a murder A controversial policy of housing vulnerable prisoners (VPs) among the general ...

Infamous child killer Roy Whiting hid under prison bed to shield from stabbing attack in HMP Wakefield, court hears ...

A HM Prison Service spokesperson explained that prisoners had various options available to them to raise issues, including a written complaints process.

Police are hunting for Daniel Harty, Jason MacDonagh and Barney Casey following their escape from HMP Springhill as the public are warned not to approach them because they 'could be dangerous' ...

The former Japanese interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has surrendered to a federal prison in Pennsylvania, beginning a nearly five-year prison sentence for bank and tax fraud after he ...

A Michigan doctor will serve four years in prison after being convicted in a $6.3 million Medicare fraud scheme in which she sent nearly 8,000 orthotic braces to more than 2,600 patients over a ...

A children’s social worker helped run a large-scale drug and weapons network while working with a convicted criminal from Lewisham serving time for firearms offences.

A Christchurch soldier found guilty of filming a woman during sex without her consent has been sentenced to two months in a military prison and ordered to pay his victim $2000.

A former Premier League player and FA Cup winner is facing up to 13 years in prison after being accused of smuggling £48 worth of cocaine.

Singer R. Kelly, who is serving time at a federal prison in North Carolina, overdosed on medication given by prison staff, his lawyers claim in a complaint, and Kelly had to be admitted to a ...