Prisoners sleeping in toilets
11.24 Tue Jul 22 2008
Prisoners are being forced to sleep in toilets due to overcrowding.
World news
16.49 Tue Jul 15 2008
Row over Obama cartoon - Guantanamo interrogation tape released - Israeli cabinet votes for prisoner swap deal
Drug crackdown in prisons
11.48 Mon Jul 07 2008
More than £80 million is to be spent on measures to crack down on drugs in prisons.
Brawl in prison injures officers
17.20 Wed Jul 02 2008
Four prison officers were injured at a high security jail when inmates tried to torch a terrorist's cell.
This is Genius: the weirdest videos of the week
14.32 Fri Jun 27 2008
This week, crazy country folk eat nettles, football meets mud wrestling, transvestites get their own toilets and criminal pigeons baffle B
Smuggler pigeons ruffle feathers
10.09 Thu Jun 26 2008
Pigeons are being used to transport drugs in and out of prisons in Brazil.
Biggs 'considered for parole'
07.40 Thu Jun 26 2008
The Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs could be released from prison next summer.
MP to discuss Whitemoor report
10.24 Mon May 26 2008
An MP is to meet senior officials after a report suggested prison staff in his constituency were fearful of Muslim inmates.
A taste of prison life
08.47 Wed May 21 2008
Not many prisons can boast an exclusive restaurant within their walls.
Risky criminals 'in open prisons'
10.40 Sat May 03 2008
Dangerous criminals are being sent to low security open prisons to ease overcrowding, it has emerged.
PM blocks prisoners payrise
11.40 Wed Apr 30 2008
Prison reform campaigners have accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of "penny-pinching" after he blocked plans to increase inmates' pay.
Amy's 'new boyfriend' is a good influence
07.30 Mon Apr 28 2008
The step-father of the man rumoured to be Amy Winehouse's boyfriend has revealed his son's character.
Actor Snipes jailed for three years
09.32 Fri Apr 25 2008
Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to three years in prison for failing to file tax returns.
Rates of self harm in jails soar
10.49 Mon Apr 14 2008
Rates of self-harm in jail have rocketed in the last four years, a prison reform charity says.
OC star to strike drink-driving deal
07.40 Tue Apr 08 2008
Hollywood starlet Mischa Barton has struck a deal to avoid serving a jail term for drink-driving, according to a celebrity news website.
US rap star freed from prison
14.38 Tue Mar 11 2008
US rapper The Game has been freed from prison after serving eight days of a 60-day sentence.
Foreign prisoners paid £3,000 to leave UK
09.54 Wed Mar 05 2008
The Government has admitted it is offering foreign prisoners £3,000 to leave Britain.
Game begins term behind bars
13.05 Tue Mar 04 2008
US rapper The Game has started his jail sentence for firearm possession.
Peruvian pop idol
12.13 Thu Feb 28 2008
Prisoners in Lima have been taking part in a music competition called Melodies of Freedom.
State prisons 'outperform' private
07.40 Sat Jan 19 2008
Prisons run by the public sector are outperforming those that are privately-run, according to reports.
Prison riot in Mexico
10.56 Thu Jan 17 2008
More than a dozen guards have been held hostage after a riot at a prison in Mexico City.
Prison officers banned from strike action
21.06 Mon Jan 07 2008
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has announced the Government will introduce powers to impose a ban on strike action by prison officers.
Two prisons set aside for foreigners
19.26 Wed Oct 24 2007
Two of England's prisons are only occupied by foreign criminals, it has emerged.
'Robust approach' could prevent prison deaths
14.58 Fri Sep 21 2007
Some of the 600 deaths in custody in England and Wales each year could be prevented.
Teacher murdered in prison car park
15.05 Thu Sep 13 2007
A teacher at a women's open prison has been found murdered in the car park of the jail.
Indie stars do the jailhouse rock
13.39 Tue Aug 28 2007
Dirty Pretty Things and The Enemy have performed at Pentonville prison in support of a suicide prevention campaign.
Paris sees her parents
08.03 Wed Jun 13 2007
Jailed heiress Paris Hilton has seen her parents for the first time since she was sent to prison.
Family visit Paris in prison
17.44 Mon Jun 11 2007
Paris Hilton was visited in prison by her sister and ex-boyfriend after going back behind bars under the judge's orders.
Prison numbers hit fresh record high
11.20 Fri May 25 2007
Prison inmate numbers in England and Wales have risen to an all-time high for the second week in a row.
'Full-scale riot' breaks out at US prison
21.03 Tue Apr 24 2007
A "full-scale riot" has broken out at a medium-security men's prison in America.
"Full-scale riot" breaks out at US prison
20.47 Tue Apr 24 2007
A "full-scale riot" has broken out at a medium-security men's prison in America.
Pensioners 'better off' in prison
12.02 Wed Apr 18 2007
Convicted killer Michael Sams believes he is better off in prison than he would be as a free pensioner.
Audacious Belgian jail escape
20.27 Mon Apr 16 2007
A prisoner is on the run after escaping from a Belgian jail in spectacular style.
Naomi humbled by community service
10.28 Wed Apr 11 2007
In her first interview since completing her community service, Naomi Campbell has revealed that the experience was a humbling one.
Prison population reaches new high
22.22 Thu Mar 29 2007
The number of prisoners in England and Wales has reached a new high, weeks after judges were asked to send only serious offenders to jail.
Paedophile's jail luck runs out
17.00 Thu Mar 15 2007
An internet paedophile who avoided prison in January because the cells were overcrowded, has been jailed for eight months.
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