Short prison sentences of 12 months or less should be used only as a last resort, according to the justice secretary, David Gauke, speaking in a recent interview with the Sunday Times. He emphasised ...

Killers and other serious offenders could serve shorter sentences for good behaviour in a radical overhaul of sentencing to ease the prison capacity crisis, the justice secretary has signalled.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK’s latest law on sentencing came into force on March 22. Among other changes, the new law means that, in England and Wales, ...

ENGLAND AND Wales lock up a lot of people—more than any European Union country. Because imprisonment keeps those who pose a danger to the public off the streets, it is popular. But an increasingly ...

“It just sent me back to square one,” Emma told us at HMP New Hall in Wakefield, as she described being recalled to her cell for just 28 days, right as she was starting to get her life back on track. ...