A drastic cut in the 5,000 children a year given custodial sentences is recommended by a leading think-tank as part of a fundamental overhaul of Britain's failing youth justice system

Ensuring that the public we serve understand what we do and why we do it is crucial for the police service. The HMIC Crime and Policing Comparator presents a range of data on crime, solved crimes, costs, workforce, anti-social behaviour and victim satisfaction

A prison in Bristol is piloting increasing the number of hours inmates work in its workshops by 50 per cent.Thirty prisoners working at HMP Bristol's Waste Management Unit now do 33.25 hours per week instead of 22, in a move towards lengthening their working day and eventually introducing full working weeks

Tough UK border checks based in France designed to stop illegal immigrants from entering the UK, were seen today by the Home Secretary Theresa May on her first visit to the border controls in Calais (June 6th)

New Home Office guidance  sets out advice for key partners such as local authorities, police and businesses on how

The National Identity Card will be available to residents across the North West including those who live and work in Cheshire

ACPO lead for economic crime, Commissioner Adrian Leppard, responds to BRC statistics showing an increased level of organised crime affecting the retail sector

Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police Keith Bristow has been announced as the head of the National Crime Agency today.The appointment was made after the current Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police was picked from a field of strong candidates

Too little attention was being paid to the uniquely isolated and uncertain position of detainees held without trial, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced follow-up inspection of the Detainee Unit at HMP Long Lartin, the high security Worcestershire jail

The independent chief inspector for the UK Border Agency has today published a report into operations in Scotland and Northern Ireland (May 20th)