At Alcatraz, Hopkins had some infamous neighbours. The facility housed many violent criminals over its 30 years - Al Capone; ...

It was March 2008 and I had flown from London to interview Britain's most famous soldier of fortune - who died suddenly aged ...

Police are investigating an attack on a prison officer by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana on Thursday, it is understood. The ...

The number of prisoners who died in custody in Ireland increased by 55% last year - up from 20 in 2023 to 31 last year.

It is understood three prisoners were in the two-man cell at the time of the fatal incident. One of the other occupants of ...

A doubling in the number of inmates being released early has been defended by the director general of the Irish Prison ...

A Dublin man who died from severe injuries to his face, neck and head following an assault in prison had to be identified by ...

Seventeen years ago, Stephen Kidd was handed a life sentence for a brutal murder. Stephen and another man, Lea Mason, pleaded ...

There will be a “tragic event or some other crisis” in Irish prisons if the Government does not immediately tackle the ...

The Office of the Inspector of Prisons (OIP) has called for changes to how inmates' next of kin are informed about deaths ...

The government's efforts to fix the prison crisis may not work without "bold investment decisions", the leading union for the ...