Prisoners will be temporarily held in police cells to deal with prisons running out of space, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed. The emergency measures, called Operation Safeguard, are ...

The government has triggered an emergency measure to use police cells to hold prisoners, as jails are close to being full again. 'Operation Safeguard' is an agreement between the National Police ...

Earlier this week, Cuba completed the release of 553 prisoners despite the collapse of a deal with the United States, Vatican News reported. In January, under the Catholic Church’s mediation ...

This week government figures are likely to show the prison population back to where it was before the last early release scheme. But even though hundreds of prisoners have served only 40% of ...

SAN SALVADOR — The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed — became the latest tool in U.S ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections has hired a recruiter to help bring in doctors and nurses to work in its prisons and is hosting town halls with prisoners to learn more about health care gaps ...

The number of prisoners in England and Wales has reached a six-month high, despite thousands of inmates being released early to tackle overcrowding, new figures reveal. More than 4,000 prisoners ...

Only eight Albanian prisoners have been sent back to their homeland to serve their sentences as part of an £8million government scheme to deport the criminals. In 2023, it was revealed that 200 ...

The number of prisoners in England and Wales has reached a six-month high, despite thousands of inmates being released early to tackle overcrowding, new figures reveal. The prison population stood ...

Documents obtained by the Tasmanian Greens show the "concerning" frequency of lockdowns at Tasmania's Risdon Prison last year. More than 6,150 lockdowns were recorded at the site's 16 prison units ...

Police cells will be used again to hold prisoners as jails are running at “close to critical capacity” of more than 99%, the Justice Secretary has said. The contingency plan called Operation ...