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Men's prisons in England and Wales could run out of space later this year, the government has warned, as it announced three new jails costing a total of £4.7bn will be built starting this year.

Overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales has contributed to soaring reoffending rates, with staff too overburdened to help offenders prepare for life on the outside. A new inspection report ...

The Trump administration has begun reopening immigrant detention facilities and shuttered prisons nationwide, the latest move in its effort to arrest, detain, and then deport illegal immigrants in ...

With the 2025 British & Irish Lions squad announcement just around the corner, rugby fans across the country will be wondering who this year’s ‘bolters’ will be, but which England players have been ...

A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious ...

Gurvinder Johal, a 37-year-old Indian-origin man, was fatally stabbed inside a Lloyds bank branch in Derby on Tuesday afternoon. Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, a 47-year-old Somalian man, has been ...

New England authorities are not sharing "enough" information to quash speculation about a serial killer following the recent discoveries of 12 sets of human remains between March and April ...

West Indies have named a largely unchanged squad for their upcoming ODI series in Ireland and England. Shimron Hetmyer, currently in action at the IPL, is absent from the group that beat ...

While it may help ease pressure in overcrowded prisons, much of that pressure will then move to an already straining probation service. Our Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long has been to Newcastle ...

The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, citing lower UK inflation. The move, which had been widely expected, brings the main cost of borrowing in ...