Prison

Drones are increasingly being used to smuggle drugs and mobile phones into prisons in England and Wales.

An inmate has been decapitated and five others have also died at a prison in northern Brazil.

A specialist taskforce is being launched by the Government as it steps up efforts to tackle "poisonous" extremism in prisons.

Neil Brennan went on the run from an open prison where he was serving an indefinite sentence for attempted murder and a previous escape.

One of her victims said it was "diabolical" that such a thing could happen.

The strike action was due to begin on Wednesday.

The Justice Secretary Liz Truss announced frontline staff at 31 jails will earn up to £5000 more a year amid surging levels of violence.

Justice secretary dismisses claims prison population rise is due to 'sentence inflation', saying more serious offenders are being jailed.

A report says a "profound" shift is needed to move to an approach centred around rehabilitation and recovery.

The number of female inmates could rise as a culture of release-and-return-to-custody worsens, a new report claims.