Police cells will be used again ... Shabana Mahmood said January saw the highest average monthly growth of the prison population in almost two years. She added that as of Monday, there were 824 places ...

The measure comes despite thousands of offenders being released early in September, under a scheme which was designed to tackle the overcrowding crisis until 2026 ...

The number of women prison officers fired for having 'inappropriate' relationships with male inmates has trebled ... to £2,000 for sex in their prison cells. Other women officers have claimed ...

Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British ...

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Rebecca Holloway, who abused children with her lover Oliver Wilson (Pictures: MEN Media) A woman who raped and abused children with a lover she met online has been found dead in her prison cell.

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Celeste Craig, 26, was found hanged in her cell at Cheshire prison HMP Styal ... One person, who spent time alongside her in prison, told the MEN: "She was a good girl and never said ‘boo ...