The Crown Court backlog has spiralled to more than 73,000 cases with the system mired in chronic delays and some trials being ...

A rural prison is to increase its capacity by more than 50% to become "the UK's largest" jail, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) ...

Foreign criminals will be deported quicker as part of an immigration crackdown aimed at freeing up spaces in crowded prisons. A new crack squad will see specialist staff sent to 80 prisons in England ...

There are more than 10,000 foreign national offenders (FNOs) in British jails. They make up around 12% of the total prison ...

The Sentencing Council told Shabana Mahmood that if ministers ‘dictated’ guidance to courts it would undermine judicial ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Industrial action being taken by criminal barristers in Northern Ireland is causing “serious damage”, the Stormont Justice ...

Industrial action by barristers in Northern Ireland is causing "serious damage" to the justice system, Stormont's justice ...

Coverage of the Justice select committee session on the work of the Ministry of Justice, from Tuesday 4 March.

New guidance wants convict’s background, including ethnicity, to be considered when deciding jail terms. Read more at ...