The Home Office has been criticised for ‘cutting corners’ in its decision to purchase a £15m migrant camp in East Sussex, despite being warned that it’s deemed to be ‘high risk’. The government ...

A Westminster inquiry into the controversial law around joint enterprise was launched in the House of Commons on Tuesday night at an event highlighting the impact on the families and friends of those ...

A man who has spent 35 years in prison has had his appeal referred to the Court of Appeal as a result of new DNA evidence 16 years after he first applied to the miscarriage of justice watchdog. Peter ...

A survey of 5,000 survivors of rape found that only one in 10 would report again, and three-quarters of respondents said their mental health was damaged ‘as a direct result of what police did, or ...

Children in prisons in the UK are being locked up for more than 22 hours a day, with only half of them saying their experience is heping them not to reoffend. A new report from HM Inspectorate of ...

Paul Kessel, the former head of the Dorset Police Professional Standards Department, has resigned following a conviction following a donviction for drink-driving. He was also found guilty of gross ...

Self harm has increased by almost 80% in three years at Rochester prison as an inspection report finds safety, ‘much like the fabric of the prison’ is deteriorating. Assaults on prisoners have also ...

Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...