The Conservative Party has estimated that around 2,500 rapists and paedophiles will be freed early in September under the ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, July 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's efforts to reduce prison overcrowding by reopening a colonial ...

The UK Labour government's sentencing reforms will see thousands of prisoners, including violent offenders, released early to address overcrowding, sparking criticism from various sectors.

Letters: Prof Ian Pickup on prison education, Henry Rossi on resentencing IPP prisoners, Andrew RC McLellan on earlier release and Dr Rod Earle on a lesson from 1930s Red Vienna ...

Pressure is growing on the UK government to change controversial legislation that means some violent offenders will be ...

Kemi Badenoch to force vote on exemption of sex offenders from early prison release scheme - Under the Sentencing Act 2026, ...

On Saturday, David Lammy insisted that the hardline punishment for criminals was not being phased out, amongst fears that the ...

The changes would see fewer criminals jailed and hundreds of prisoners get out of jail earlier in an attempt to tackle the prisons overcrowding crisis.

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, July 7 (Reuters) - A riot in a Sri Lankan prison that killed 26 people and injured dozens was ...

UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has criticised Labour's sentencing reforms, arguing that people convicted of rape, child ...

The two days of violence at Negombo Prison are the worst prison riots in the country in years.

EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face calls to extend existing rules so that victims of all types of crime have the option to find out ...