Ministry of Justice

Prisons in England and Wales have been put on "immediate lockdown" with all visits cancelled.

Jamshed Javeed was cleared for release by the Parole Board last year.

The firm's UK arm has taken responsibility for three offences of fraud and two of false accounting between 2010 and 2013.

More than 450 applications in England and Wales over holiday period, MoJ reveals.

A mother whose two young sons were burnt to death by her ex-husband has told ITV News more must be done to protect against abusive parents.

The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said at least £9 million has been squandered on a project that failed to deliver.

Drones are one way smugglers get contraband, including drugs, over barbed wire fences and high walls and to the prisoners beyond.

Over 100 people who are caught carrying knives are put behind bars every week as sentences get stricter, according to new figures.

Criminal courts face disruption on Monday as barristers join solicitors in striking in protest at cuts to legal aid.

Chris Ship Royal Editor

The new Lord Chancellor spent six weeks visiting courts in England and Wales, now he wants to use what he saw to reform the justice system.