A prison officer has been seriously injured after he was stabbed by an inmate at a Midlands prison. Police and paramedics ...

A garda alert is in place after a criminal considered one of the most violent that officers have encountered in recent years ...

Jim O'Callaghan will inform government that the prison estate as a whole is currently operating at 115% over capacity ...

The construction of almost 1,000 new prison places is being fast-tracked, as the Republic’s overcrowding crisis worsens, under a plan Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan is to present to Cabinet on ...

A man pleaded guilty to his role in a deadly Midlands crash. Joshua Yarborough pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of ...

Minister O'Callaghan is working on the basis that the Irish Prison Service can deliver 150 additional spaces at Castlerea, ...

The stabbing took place at HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton near Evesham with the Midlands Air Ambulance deployed ...

"Our initial enquiries suggest there was a disagreement between an inmate and prison officer that escalated and is an ...

"Sex offenders, both sentenced and remand, were previously accommodated at 4 locations – Midlands Prison, Arbour Hill Prison, Castlerea Prison and Mountjoy Training Unit. However, due to ...

West Midlands Police has released the image of David Foster as part of the appeal to find the 47-year-old from Willenhall, ...

Government proposals to allow more criminals to walk free from court will lead to a rise in offending, the Chief Constable of ...

A 25-year-old prison officer has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing at a high security prison.