27th August 2007
Thousands of crime suspects are to be housed in flats and houses in cities around England and Wales while awaiting trial, in an emergency measure to ease prison overcrowding.
26th August 2007
Controversial prison sentences which have been criticised by the High Court should be "fundamentally reformed", a human rights organisation has said.
20th August 2007
Serious concerns about housing inmates in court cells during the height of the jail overcrowding crisis were raised by watchdogs today.
16th August 2007
Prison officers across England and Wales have voted for possible strike action unless their continued demand for a pay increase is met.
15th August 2007
The prison population could reach a new record high just weeks after the government's controversial early release scheme was introduced, it was claimed today.
13th August 2007
Government agency accused of burying research by children's experts
9th August 2007
The future of the computer system that is supposed to keep track of 300,000 offenders a year who are in prison or on probation is in doubt after ministers halted the programme this week.
7th August 2007
Prisoners don't like having their cells - or their bodies - searched, but Erwin James argues that abandoning spins and strips would be foolish
6th August 2007
The Republic of Ireland's first Inspector of Prisons who confounded expectations by a succession of reports calling attention to the deplorable state of the country's prisons
2nd August 2007
Until a few weeks ago I thought a "get out of jail free" card was something you could only find on the Monopoly board. Now the British Government is handing them out for real, because the jails are full.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.