There were a total of 304 deaths of people in prison during this period, 92 of which were self-inflicted. Every four days ...

HMP Manchester has become the latest prison to be put special measures after an inspection found ‘squalid’, rodent-infested ...

Frances Crook believes ‘politicians are still stuck in the 1950s’ when it comes to our criminal justice system. For 35 years, she has been at the helm of the Howard League for Penal Reform, trying to ...

The outgoing Chief Executive of the Post Office, Nick Read, is due to give evidence to the Horizon IT inquiry for three days ...

An inquest into the death of Saria Hart at HMP Foston Hall found that ‘serious failings by the prison staff’ contributed to ...

The Bishop of Stepney has repeated her call on the government to intervene in the case of Jason Moore highlighting the ...

In his article of 9th February 2024 on the Justice Gap, “If Justice were a delusion, it would not be worth fighting for,” Here Francis Fitzgibbon KC initially suggests that I now think that the ...

Four retired police officers are under investigation for gross misconduct for their involvement in the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson. A police watchdog is looking at several allegations ...

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 ...

On Monday 5 September 2022 Chris Kaba, a Black rapper from Streatham, South London, was fatally shot in the head by ...

Senior medical experts have challenged prosecution evidence linking Lucy Letby to the deaths of a number of babies and raised serious questions about her defence in court. One world renowned ...