A new jail that will hold 1,500 prisoners has opened near York. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said “we simply cannot ...

A prison the size of 39 football pitches has opened in East Yorkshire. HMP Millsike has been built on land next to HMP Full ...

VIOLENT criminals serving long sentences could be let out of prison early under Labour’s radical new reforms to the justice ...

Kerri Pegg, 42, an ex-governor at HMP Kirkham, faces an ‘inevitable’ prison sentence after the jury returned a guilty verdict.

Shabana Mahmood warned ‘short sentence reform on its own isn’t going to be enough’ to ease the overcrowding crisis as she ...

Working on a site in the remote Yorkshire countryside, the task of building the UK’s first all-electric prison was always ...

Working on a site in the remote Yorkshire countryside, the task of building the UK’s first all-electric prison was always going to have its challenges for ...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Killers and other serious offenders could serve shorter sentences for good behaviour in a ...

Justice chiefs relied on academic research on the best colours for the walls and floors, amid a violence and overcrowding ...

Shabana Mahmood's remarks open up the prospect of offenders handed long jail terms getting less jail time as part of a ...