More than a quarter of recently convicted young criminals in Dorset reoffended within a year, latest figures show.

Urgent reform is needed to avoid another prison overcrowding crisis as rising numbers of people being recalled to prison is “trapping” them in the criminal justice system, a new report has warned.

A man killed a hotel worker six weeks after being released from a prison where he attacked officers ... prisoners in the light of the killing, the Dorset coroner was told. Cole, who was a hotel ...

Inspectors have revealed “deeply depressing” findings into female prisons as rates of self-harm are 8.5 times higher than male jails, including a “bizarre rule” set to be changed that does not allow ...

Stephen Cole was released from prison six weeks before the fatal attack ... of remand prisoners in the light of the killing, the Dorset coroner was told. Cole, who was a hotel guest, suddenly ...

“He was detained nearby, and has been arrested for hotel room breaks, and will be heading back to prison, once he has assisted us with enquiries. “If you are in Weymouth on holiday, or you are a ...

A 20-year-old man has been jailed following a series of assaults in West Dorset. Cade Robert David Adams, of Church Close, Bridport, has been sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court to 14 months in ...