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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

An Abuja-based lawyer, Ridwan Abdulwahab was on Thursday ordered to be remanded in Kuje prison following his arraignment on charges bordering on perjury and defamation of character. Magistrate Musa ...

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announces more than 100 charges against Boyd and Stephanie Householder, who are accused of physically and sexually abusing and neglecting 16 girls and young ...

Farah Master is a Senior Correspondent at Reuters where she focuses on health, demographics and the environment in China. She has worked for Reuters in London, Beijing and Shanghai before moving to ...

A Frederick County judge on Monday, Sept. 8, sentenced a man to life in prison, plus 20 years, for raping and killing a woman in her Brunswick home early last year. Juwaun Terry Stewart, 18, pleaded ...

THE WORLD SERIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE" REPORTING IN SALINAS, IM JK, KSBW ACTION NEWS 8. THE SOLEDAD FIRE DEPARTMENT... RESPONDING TO A CRASH -- NEAR SOLEDAD STATE PRISON -- THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE THE ...

As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark on a $38 million pilot project to figure out how to keep their prison cells cool.