Roddy Russell is warning the new Labour government that indefinite jail sentences will cause IPP prisoners, like his brother, to die in prison.

Prisoner's brother warns 'torturous' IPP sentences will cause deaths in custody

Exclusive figures obtained by UTV reveal the scale of self-harming in our prisons.

UTV reveals the scale of self-harming in Northern Ireland prisons

Pressures on the UK's prison service means 13 prisoners are still waiting to be transferred out of Jersey.

Lack of UK prison spaces leaves offenders stuck out the country

There are concerns that those released may reoffend if left without somewhere to live.

Homelessness charity warns early prison release will see more living on streets

A new Jersey exhibition is open, featuring artwork from 45 people incarcerated at La Moye prison.

Jersey exhibition to celebrate prisoners' artwork

The Ministry of Justice said it was deploying extra specialist staff and redirecting £100 million to the scandal-hit prison.

‘Shocking’ chaos at HMP Wandsworth was ‘in plain view of leaders’, report finds

Serial killer Levi Bellfield had submitted a new application for a civil partnership in recent months but his request has been blocked.

Serial killer Levi Bellfield blocked from having civil partnership amid new law 

Graham Gomm, 63, was taken from HMP Wormwood Scrubs to Hammersmith Hospital, from where he absconded.

Prisoner who escaped from London hospital arrested after two-day manhunt

England and Wales have the highest per person prison population in Western Europe. Scotland comes a close second. 

UK prisons are nearly at full capacity, but what can be done?

The father of a Newcastle man, who was jailed 19 years ago under a now abolished law, criticises Labour for failing to back change to parole process.

Dad of IPP Prisoner: 'how long do they want to keep him... until he's in a box?'

HMP Haverigg beat more than twenty other entries, including one from a facility in the USA.

Cumbrian prison wins award for homemade marmalade

Jersey's government currently do not track or record reoffending data like they do in the UK, something prison officials want to change.

Prison officials call for changes to how reoffending rates are recorded

Thousands of wronged prisoners have been left languishing behind bars as a direct result of IPP sentences - many spending decades in prison for minor crimes.

'Torture sentences' trap Britain's most wronged inmates behind bars for decades

A man from Newcastle who was sentenced to 15 months in prison for attempted robbery has been released 18 years later.

Prisoner released after 18 years in jail for trying to steal coat and phone

HMP Maghaberry was built on the site of RAF Maghaberry, a World War II airfield near Lisburn, Northern Ireland, which was used as a flying station by the Royal Air Force and also as a transit airfield for the United States Army Air Forces (Copy from Wikipedia) - Credit: Philip Magowan / Presseye

The revelation has prompted calls for 'urgent action' to be taken by the Northern Ireland Prison Service.

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