Exclusive: rights group says use of algorithms and data reinforces discrimination in UK policing

Reports are revealing the true harm done by incarcerating women under the guise of protecting them, writes Eva Wiseman

It comes with Britain gripped by a crime epidemic. Labour is under pressure to get tougher on offenders to stop rates spiralling.

Commissioner says force in ‘hopeless position’ after being told to reinstate scores of officers who had failed its vetting

Dame Anne Owers, who was HM chief inspector of prisons from 2001-2010, will lead review into handling of prison capacity

CCRC staff accuse former chair of ‘insensitive’ memos and incumbent chief executive of having ‘finger off the pulse’

With special economic zones or SEZs locked into statute and in development across most of the country, what is the underlying ideology?

Inspectorate points to challenges including ban on using washing machines for knickers and difficulties with family contact

Dr Shoo Lee, a neonatalist whose 30-year-old paper was pivotal in the nurse’s trial, and an expert panel have re-examined the case and reached ‘explosive’ conclusions

The head of the Fire Brigades Union said it had a "long history" of supporting the right to protest.

Medway Secure Training Centre​ had previously been taken back into government control after it was hit by controversy.

Exclusive: Some inmates being advised to change plea to secure earlier release as backlog spirals, watchdogs say

Rising prosecutions, higher maximum sentences and soaring number of people on remand driving growth from 86,000 today

Work and pensions secretary says she will transform opportunities as Starmer bemoans ‘bulging benefits bill’ Young people who refuse to take up jobs or training will lose their benefits in the government’s crackdown on worklessness, Liz Kendall has…