Twenty-three children under the age of 14 years were sent to prison in 2024, according to statistics released in response to a parliamentary question in the House of Lords earlier this week on the age ...

The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that there will be no criminal charges against Lucy Letby in relation to further ...

The Westminster Commission has called for a national strategy for forensics in an attempt to stabilise an ‘unprofitable and ...

The inquiry heard that MI5 gathered, and still holds, details about and photographs of the children fathered by undercover ...

HMP Featherstone is a Category C training prison but opportunities for work and training were found to be ‘too limited’, with ...

James Timpson, renowned for his progressive business practices and unyielding advocacy for prison reform, has all the qualities to bring about a ‘sea change’ of ‘ground-breaking’ improvements in his ...

Giving evidence during a criminal trial can be a daunting prospect for anybody and this is only likely to be magnified for those who are classed as vulnerable and who are complainants in sex cases.

The overcrowding crisis in our prisons is about to reach a dangerous zenith, as the Prison Governors Association considers taking legal action against the government in response to the impending ...

A man’s rape conviction has been sent to the Court of Appeal because there is a real possibility the conviction will be overturned on the basis that a Crown Court had no jurisdiction to try the ...

On October 5, 1974 two public houses in Guildford, Surrey were bombed by the IRA without warning causing five deaths and over 60 injuries of varying severity. The bombs were placed in the pubs with ...

Nicola Campbell discusses her research into the impact of Joint Enterprise on the families of those convicted. Over the past six months, I have been interviewing the families of those convicted of ...

A Westminster inquiry into the controversial law around joint enterprise was launched in the House of Commons on Tuesday night at an event highlighting the impact on the families and friends of those ...