"Let's talk cobblers," said Ian Acheson in The Spectator. The country's "shoe mender-in-chief" has been named minister for prisons. Keir Starmer's appointment of Timpson Group CEO James Timpson, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peers have demanded answers over the government’s refusal to resentence prisoners trapped under “no hope” indefinite jail terms, ...

Most dangerous offenders on probation will now be watched more closely, says government ...

DOMESTIC abusers will be tracked in real time under new plans with tags able to alert police if they get too close to their ...

(Bloomberg) -- On the edge of the English town of Wellingborough, the future of Britain’s creaking prison system is marked by seven X-shaped blocks. When opened in 2022, HMP Five Wells — about 70 ...

Editorial: The increased use of tags makes sense if done right. But years of accumulated problems include a depleted probation workforce ...

Billed as “the biggest expansion of tagging in British history” and backed by £100 million, the move will see greater use of ...