Prisoners now face being Tasered after Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, authorised use of the electric stun guns in ...

More than 400 people died in English and Welsh prisons in the past 12 months, an increase of 30 per cent on the previous year ...

Standards are falling across prisons in England and Wales – by the Ministry of Justice’s own admission. Annual Prison ...

Prisoners applying to the Parole Board for release are increasingly likely to be rejected – leading to claims that the decision-makers have become more ‘risk-averse’. In 2024/25, parole panels ...