Women from around the UK have gathered at the Ministry of Justice in London today to protest against male convicts being ...

The deportation of foreign criminals will be speeded up 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 ...

A new £400 million super-prison has opened where inmates will be able to choose the names of their cell blocks and get a say ...

Joe Pooley, 22, was lured from his home by Sebastian Smith and Sean Palmer and thrown to his death in a river. The thugs were ...

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has issued a tender for application maintenance and support (AMS) services and future application deployment services in a contract worth up to £109m, excluding VAT.

The MoJ said that on completion, "Highpoint will be the largest prison in terms of land size in North-West Europe and the largest in the UK based on prisoner population". Prison governor Nigel ...

Working on a site in the remote Yorkshire countryside, the task of building the UK’s first all-electric prison was always going to have its challenges for ...

Special treatment for criminals from ethnic, religious and gender minorities may mean unfair justice for white males, it is claimed ...

The prison population stood at 87,556 as of Monday, according to new data published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). This is the highest weekly figure since the population climbed to a record ...

Justice minister says access to early legal support can stop housing, welfare benefits and debt problems spiralling.

The crown court backlog in England and Wales has hit a new record high as a minister warned it could rise to 100,000 in four ...

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said ... Eggs What are the most common nationalities of migrants arriving in the UK illegally? Where are illegal migrants arriving in the UK coming from?