Calls have been made for more alternatives to prison as a pathway out of crime as a Limerick-based project run by the ...

Former Scotland Yard “most wanted” killer, Kenneth Dundon, said he was shocked to learn he was barred from a pub in his ...

A pledge by prison leaders in Northern Ireland to hire 75 extra prison officers to meet rising demand has been eclipsed by ...

So is it time to ramp up efforts to find an alternative to prison, particularly for those who are sentenced to a year or less ...

James D. Ford, who was convicted of killing a young married couple on a remote fishing trip, is scheduled to be executed ...

Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life ...

Eight prison blocks of hatred shaped like the letter 'H'. The British government wants a line to be drawn but the IRA has sensed an opportunity. IRA inmates gather a key piece of intelligence as a ...

The rise in disorder comes after a prison officer in Mountjoy was slashed across the face by a prisoner on February 1 ...

Prison staff faced disciplinary sanctions for misconduct on 561 occasions during the same period, new figures show ...

Decision puts spotlight on Lord Hermer, who represented the former Sinn Fein leader in a separate compensation case ...

The Irish wife of a man who has spent four years in an Iraqi prison on 'fabricated' charges has told how she fears he will ...

While there were 5,101 people in prisons across the country on February 6, there were 11 per cent fewer beds (546) ...