Prisons

Prison criticised for restraining ill murderer, 84

More than 2,000 prisoners let out in a week after early release scheme

Prison recipe book compiled after university study

Reoffending fears for released prisoners' families

Scotland's prison population higher after early release scheme

Prisoners released early but some victims 'not warned'

Early release prisoners say jail rife with drugs

Freed men and families on early prison release

Support for prison leavers 'stretched to limit'

The London schemes giving prisoners a fresh start

Chris Mason: Prison release plans spark fears but for ministers it is the only option

Prisoner early release begins to ease overcrowding

Man who stabbed woman 60 times cleared for release

More than a third of early releases were violent offenders

'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