Tag: prison

The number of assaults on prison staff in England and Wales has increased over the last two years. Such assaults ...

A woman spent an 'unlawful' 40 days in jail for failing to pay her council tax. The magistrates in Bridgend ...

Holloway Prison was the largest women's prison in Western Europe when it was shut down in July 2016. Its closure ...

On 22 September, renowned whistleblower Chelsea Manning stood before an administrative disciplinary board, which decided whether or not she should ...

In a welcome announcement, the US is apparently going to phase out the use of private prisons amid safety and ...

A judge has shown she is a total badass during an exchange with a Nazi defendant who she jailed for 18 ...

A retired vicar is facing jail time after refusing to pay his council tax in protest over the poverty that the ...

David Cameron has declined to condemn Iran’s dubious detention of a British citizen. Will Theresa May intervene to reunite this ...

A mother has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for just £13 worth of cocaine. Susan Mathews only had ...

Convicted extremists in the UK could soon be isolated and placed in a single secure unit, in a bid to ...

On 20 January, 13 climate change activists were found guilty of aggravated trespass. They had all taken part in a ...

A mentally ill black woman was found dead at Holloway prison last month. Sarah Reed was remanded after defending herself against ...

An autistic man was jailed for five weeks over Christmas and New Year because social services were unable to find ...