An ex HMP Frankland officer has praised an announcement that 10,000 prison officers across the country will be given body armour, rising from just 750.

As well as there being a new Justice Secretary in David Lammy, there are now new officials in the top civil service posts at both HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Ministry of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Belgian man was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for conducting a $5-million Ponzi scheme in Utah. Kenny Dirk Van Der Spek, 36, was living in South Jordan when he ...

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Three of the prison officers – two men and a woman – were taken to hospital, two with stab wounds, after the attack at HMP ...

The Montana Department of Corrections last week issued a request for communities across the state to say whether they are interested in hosting a new women’s prison after months of discussions over ...

Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his chief of staff Cade Cothren had been found guilty of more than a dozen corruption charges. Prosecutors sought a term of imprisonment as long as 10 ...

Too many inmates are living in crowded conditions at a prison, inspectors have said. Inspectors, who visited HMP Hewell in Worcestershire in June, said new prisoners were not given work, training or ...

A notorious Yorkshire jail is on the hunt for a prison escort to transport contractors in and out of the prison with a starting wage of £12.48 per hour.

TESTIMONY. THERE WERE TEARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COURTROOM. ALEX YERKES FAMILY CRIED AS THEY TALKED ABOUT HIS SWEET DISPOSITION AND THEIR LIFE SINCE LOSING HIM. LUCAS KISLAK FAMILY BECAME EMOTIONAL ...

The wife of ex-Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was on Thursday sentenced to more than four years in prison for her role in a scheme to trade her husband’s political power for lavish bribes. Nadine Menendez ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a plan to assassinate his opponent. By Ana Ionova and Jack Nicas Reporting ...