Police have launched a wide search for three prisoners who escaped from an open jail in Buckinghamshire on Monday evening.

T he UK should "make more use of open prisons" to avoid overcrowding and reduce reoffending, the man leading the government's sentencing review has suggested.

David Navarro, who has spent a decade in and out of custody, uncovers allegations of prison officer corruption in a new ...

An open prison in Sussex. Picture: Alamy Mr Gauke said: "It's necessary to build open prisons, you got to locate the sites and so on, we don't have a lot of capacity here but it's certainly something ...

Police have begun a nationwide manhunt after three members of an organised crime gang absconded from an open prison. Jason ...

The UK does not “make as much use of open prisons” as it could, a former Conservative justice minister has suggested. David Gauke, who is leading the Government’s sentencing review, also ...

More convicts should be sent to open prisons to ease overcrowding, a former Tory Justice Secretary appointed by Labour to overhaul sentencing has said. David Gauke, who is leading the Government's ...

The Home Office says open prisons are the "most effective" way of ensuring inmates are ready to rejoin the community before their release. But people sent to an open jail need to be risk assessed and ...

Middle East, Europe ‘Open prison’: UK lawmakers decry ‘heartbreaking’ conditions after West Bank visit British MPs Shockat Adam and Andrew George were confronted by illegal settlers and ...

The three Irishmen escaped Springhill Open Prison in Buckinghamshire.A band of burglars has escaped from jail as the police ...

More prisoners in the UK should go to open prisons to help reduce reoffending and avoid overcrowding, the man leading the government's sentencing review has suggested. David Gauke told the BBC's ...

The UK does not “make as much use of open prisons” as it could, a former Conservative justice minister has suggested. David Gauke, who is leading the Government’s sentencing review, also ...