The government says four new houseblocks will be built at HMP Northumberland.

L to R, Phil Maguire, Paula Harriott, Anne Fox, Lord James Timpson Prisons and Probation Minister Lord James Timpson recorded ...

Peers have demanded answers over the government’s refusal to resentence prisoners trapped under “no hope” indefinite jail terms, insisting: “It is not right and it is not fair.” In an impassioned ...

The government has been warned not to be “on the wrong side of history” as the plight of prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms was compared to high-profile scandals involving the Post Office ...

Prisons minister James Timpson has told the BBC more criminals could be tagged in future instead of being sent to prison - but insists he's not "soft on crime". More than 30 companies, including ...