Senior Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry has called for the closure of Pentonville prison, which is in her Islington South ...

A cockroach-infested prison that illegally detained inmates for longer than their release date in "frightening conditions" ...

Inspector issues urgent notification over mice and cockroach infested HMP Pentonville after staff monitoring suicidal inmates ...

Homicides, assaults and self-harm incidents have soared in prisons in England and Wales as the overcrowding crisis deepens, ...

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor has served an urgent notification on HMP Pentonville after an inspection discovered many inmates have been kept in prison after they should have been freed ...

Few crises sum up the state of modern Britain better. Downing Street's "default position was to do as little as possible as ...

A ‘chaotic’ prison released criminals too early – and kept others behind bars too long – amid a series of ‘shocking’ failures, a watchdog has revealed.

Udham Singh (now known as Sunam Udham Singh Wala) assassinated Michael O'Dwyer in London in March 1940 as payback for the ...

A prison which banned its residents from receiving books from their families and friends has reversed its approach after ...