Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

HMP Millsike has opened as the UK’s first ‘green prison,’ creating some 1500 prison places. The site, described by critics as a ‘megaprison,’ is equipped with solar panels and heat pump technology and ...

A report has found that police demand has increased significantly over the last decade. With crime rates rising, workloads are reported to be too high. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and ...

The Crown Court, which deals with the most serious criminal cases, has reached an unprecedented number of open caseloads according to the criminal court statistics report published today. The backlog ...