TOUGH Texas justice is on its way to British prisons, with inmates having to earn their release and facing punishment for sitting around all day behind bars. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is ...

Lawmakers introduced a record 86 bills this year increasing criminal penalties — far more than at any other point in the past ...

The rising prison population has been driven by successive government efforts to look “tough on crime”, with sentencing reform too often focusing only on punishment, analysis suggests.

Successive governments trying to look "tough on crime" have driven the rising prison population which forced the early release of thousands of inmates last year, a review suggests. The report by ...

At such a critical moment in US history ... said the current Government inherited a prison crisis, adding: “This Government’s approach is to be tough on crime and tough on the causes of ...

Successive governments trying to look "tough on crime" have driven a rising prison population that's overwhelmed the system, according to a report. The Independent Sentencing Review also said ...

Successive governments trying to look "tough on crime" have driven the rising prison population which forced the early release of thousands of inmates last year, a review suggests. The report by the ...