LONDON — It’s been a strange sort of prison break: no daring escapes, no Hollywood getaways — just inmates quietly released, by mistake, onto the streets of Britain. What once might have been an ...

People handed jail sentences in the UK may begin carrying them out in Estonia, over 1,000 miles away, as Labour considers options to tackle severe overcrowding. “Potential partnerships” are reportedly ...

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Drone deliveries of drugs and weapons into British prisons have become a national security threat, the country's chief prisons inspector warned on Tuesday, calling for ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Just north of central London, behind high brick walls walls, there’s a whitewashed building with bars on its windows. It’s one of Britain’s most ...

Retired teacher Gaie Delap (77 years old) spent Christmas in prison this year for the crime of non-violent protest—specifically, “causing a public nuisance”. Delap was jailed for 20 months last August ...