At PMQs on Wednesday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked for a guarantee from the government that no criminals considered high risk ... due to extreme pressure on the prison system.

Almost 400 short-term prisoners could be released in the new year under Scottish Government plans to ease pressure ... Prison Service said: “We continue to manage an extremely high and complex ...

Pressure on prison places has led to a series of interventions by ministers and the criminal justice system to address the problem. – What has been done? Last year the Government announced plans ...

A Welsh mental health charity said the facility was like "a pressure cooker". The Prison Service said HMP ... new places - replacing older sites with high-quality modern establishments." ...

Crypto executive Tigran Gambaryan has been released from a Nigerian prison and is back in the U.S. following a high-profile ...