Murderers and sex offenders enjoyed a taxpayer-funded Christmas party with the top civil servants responsible for running Northern Ireland’s jails.

A whiskey distillery has opened inside Crumlin Road Gaol, once a notorious Belfast prison. Tourists in the Northern Irish capital can visit the McConnell's distillery on guided tours \- including a ...

Hydebank Wood Secure College and Women’s Prison has become the first unit in Northern Ireland to secure outcomes at the “highest achievable level”, two independent reports have found. However the ...

Magilligan prison in Co Derry is "running at capacity" with nearly 100 prisoners now sharing cells and authorities considering "shorter term accommodation options" to ease pressure, it has emerged.

BELFAST (Reuters) - A prison officer was killed in Northern Ireland on Thursday when he drove into a hail of bullets and crashed off a motorway at high speed, in an attack blamed by politicians on ...

James Meehan, 56, failed to return to Magilligan Prison in Co Derry after being out on day release in December 2024 ...

Despite their "unique needs, criminal justice policy has largely overlooked incarcerated women, partly because they are significantly outnumbered by men in the prison system," say Heather Rice-Minus ...

Court dismisses extradition appeal by Gozitan mother and son sought in Northern Ireland, rejecting claims of potential mental health concerns in incarcerated conditions ...

The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of Mark Hamilton as member of the Prison Service Pay Review Body. The Secretary of ...