A prisoner who faked a medical emergency and escaped from a prison van on his way to court has been found, police have said.Jamie Cooper was found in Blackburn, ...

Dominic CascianiBBC Home and Legal Correspondent•@BBCDomCPA MediaStephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, argued his mental health was sufferingThe High Court has thrown out an attempt by the far-right activist Stephen ...

Cheshire MP Mike Amesbury, who repeatedly punched a constituent during a row in the street, has had his 10-week prison sentence suspended for two years.The Runcorn and Helsby MP, ...

BBCJustice Secretary Shabana Mahmood spoke to the BBC's Nick RobinsonThe justice secretary has said even under the government's plans to open 14,000 more prison places, they could still run ...

Former Wall Street investor, Sung Kook "Bill" Hwang, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a massive fraud case that cost banks billions of dollars.The sentence comes ...

Ministry of JusticeHollie Peabody has returned to work at a prison after making it to The Voice semi-finals Hollie Peabody's first day back working at a category B men's ...

BBCJohn Cannan was jailed in 1989A man convicted of killing a woman and suspected of murdering missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh has died in prison.John Cannan, 70, was jailed ...

Scotland’s prison population is now higher than it was before hundreds of prisoners were released early in a bid to ease overcrowding.A total of 477 prisoners were let out ...

Criminals leave prisons every day.But Tuesday is different; it is on a different order of magnitude - with many, many more times as many people walking beyond the gates ...

An Aboriginal teenager has died by suicide at a youth prison in Perth, Western Australia (WA).The 17-year-old had spent only two days in custody before he was found unresponsive ...

The family of a man who died after being restrained by up to 17 prison officers is suing the Scottish Prison Service, the Crown Office and Scottish ministers over ...