Speaking on The Tonight Show on Virgin Media, Mr O’Callaghan said that he does not like the term "super prison" ...

The first of up to 390 prisoners are being released early in the latest attempt to ease overcrowding in Scotland's jails.

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an ...

Editorial: As David Gauke, the former justice secretary, makes clear in his welcome report into Britain’s failing jail system, it is easy to promise ‘tougher’ sentences – but what the UK really needs ...

Prisoners offered fist pumps and smiles for waiting TV cameras as they emerged from HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow after being ...

They will be released in three tranches over a six-week period. Prisoners serving sentences for domestic abuse or sexual ...

UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds - David Gauke, former Conservative ...

Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded ...

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Short-term inmates serving less than four years will now be set free after serving 40% of their sentence as opposed to the ...

The independent review says successive governments made "knee jerk" decisions to issue longer prison sentences.

The emergency legislation was passed last year and will allow eligible inmates who have been sentenced to less than four ...