Prisons

'Don't just throw us on the streets after prison'

'Hell behind bars' - life in DR Congo's most notorious jail

Estonia considers housing foreign prisoners

Starmer 'truly shocked' by state of the prison system. Video, 00:01:48Starmer 'truly shocked' by state of the prison system

1.2% of prison places in England and Wales free

Man spared jail due to overcrowding

Ministers eye novel fixes to the prisons crisis

Violence, overcrowding, self-harm: BBC goes inside one of Britain’s most dangerous prisons

Preventive prison reform needed says former prisoner

Man in court after detective stabbed in prison

Assaults on prison staff at Downview up by 54%

All under-18s removed from Scotland's young offenders institutions

Rat-infested jail needs urgent measures - report

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling. 38. The 1962 Alcatraz Escape. Audio, 41 minutesMurder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

Prisoner missing from HMP Castle Huntly is arrested

Prison population hits record high after riots

Viewpoint: What would a world without prisons be like? Video, 00:04:41Viewpoint: What would a world without prisons be like?

'I went from prisoner to PhD' Video, 00:04:02'I went from prisoner to PhD'

More than 470 prisoners released early in Scotland

Temporary cells approved to tackle prison numbers

'Prisons are for rehabilitation, not punishment'

Courts told to delay sentencings over prison space

Arrests made after items thrown over prison walls