More offenders could be tagged, as minister insists he's 'not soft on crime'16 minutes agoSima KotechaSenior UK correspondent•@sima_kotechaBBCPrisons minister James Timpson has told the BBC more...

A top Ugandan judge has been jailed after keeping a woman as a slave at her home while she studied at the University of Oxford. Lydia Mugambe, a top United Nations Criminal Tribunal Judge, has been...

Prison chiefs are trying to prevent violence behind bars by painting the walls soothing colours. England’s newest jail, which is the first to be partly built by prisoners, has a mix of “autumn”...

Violent criminals serving long prison sentences could be let out early under Labour’s sentencing overhaul, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has admitted. Ms Mahmood backed Labour’s sentencing...