IT’S the ultimate taboo for prison guards and can even lead to them ending up behind bars themselves. But more and more ...

I've visited a number of women’s prisons over the past couple of months – they are always miserable. A lot of very sad and broken women, trying to support one other through the worst period of ...

The HM Inspectorate of Prisons previously found the rate of self-harm was the highest in the women's estate. Following a progress visit in September 2023, the watchdog reported self-harm rates ...

These Ukrainian women survived Putin’s prisons – now they’re taking revenge Former POWs use their suffering as fuel to throw themselves back into the fight against Russia with more ...

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The Netherlands is not alone in renting out its empty prisons – The Independent reported that prisoners in the UK could be sent to Estonia to serve their sentence. Estonian justice minister ...

The new UK government is facing an overcrowding problem in the country's prisons. [AFP] Keir Starmer has made a flurry of ministerial appointments since becoming UK prime minister last week but ...