Prisoners are to be released even earlier from Scottish jails, just a year after the threshold was reduced. Criminals will ...

The release point for certain short-term prisoners is to be cut to 30% of their sentence, down from 40%.

Nearly 50,000 prisoners in England and Wales have been let out of jail under the Government's early release scheme to tackle ...

Prisoners kept in overcrowded jail cells in England and Wales are nearly 20% more likely to be involved in assaults, new research suggests. The Ministry of Justice published analysis to better ...

The latest tranche of releases has seen the total population in Scotland's overcrowded jails reduce by just 68 so far.

Emergency measures have been introduced by the Justice Secretary in order to prevent the prisons system from reaching full capacity by November. Shabana Mahmood introduced plans on Wednesday to ...

Nearly 50,000 prisoners have been granted early release from jails across England and Wales under a government scheme by the ...

50,000 prisoners to be freed early in bid to tackle overcrowded jails - It is part of a scheme which allows eligible ...

PRISONERS will be freed after less than a third of their sentences under the latest “reckless” SNP bid to cut jail ...

Vulnerable prisoners inside one of the country’s most overcrowded prisons are being put at risk, a watchdog has warned, after 16 self-inflicted deaths in three years. HMP Leeds recorded the highest ...