Prison Overcrowding News

A GP practice manager, Helena Paiva, admitted to stealing over £500,000 from her NHS employers at the Albion Street Practice in Southwark, London, between Janua

Andy Burnham plans to convert prison laundries into cells to address the overcrowding crisis in jails. This initiative comes as approximately 5,000 prisoners we

The government has allocated £110 million to create new prison places, following measures to ease overcrowding that included the early release of approximately

A 52-year-old woman, Sarah Roberts, avoided jail despite laundering over £50,000 for her husband and son's illegal gun factory business, with the court citing p

A top prison governor has warned Andy Burnham to have the courage to end the scandal of indefinite jail terms, stating that rowing back on plans for early priso

The LNP has dismissed concerns about prison overcrowding despite new data indicating a need for thousands more beds under the Crisafulli government's proposed b

The row over prisoner release is proving to be the first major test for Prime Minister Burnham, who faces difficult choices regarding the prison overcrowding cr

In the West Midlands, offenders are cleaning canals as an alternative to prison sentences, addressing concerns about prison overcrowding.

Readers are divided over Andy Burnham's early prisoner release scheme, with some arguing it doesn't go far enough despite excluding rapists and sex offenders, w

The mother of PC Harper expressed disappointment that her son's killers remain eligible for early release, as the UK government revises plans to tackle prison o

Approximately 1,000 fewer prisoners will be released early after Andy Burnham's intervention to exclude those convicted of rape, serious child sexual offenses,

The Prime Minister announced that rapists, child abusers, and groomers will be excluded from early release plans aimed at easing critical prison overcrowding, w

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) states that remand reform would help solve prison overcrowding, criticizing Ireland's bail system as opaque and haphazard.