There are 175 vacancies across the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), according to new figures, at a time when the prison population and attacks on officers are on the rise. Of the vacancies ...

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Stormont’s Justice Minister is the latest member of the Executive to dodge questions on how many genders there are – saying ...

A pledge by prison leaders in Northern Ireland to hire 75 extra prison officers to meet rising demand has been eclipsed by ...

However, Stormont Justice Minister Naomi Long said the number of attacks goes up and down with the prison population.

The number of attacks on prison officers in Northern Ireland has trebled in the last five years, Stormont has heard.

More than £1 million has been spent on art classes and initiatives for prisoners in the last three years, it has been revealed. The figure almost works out a £1,000 per day for programmes which ...

Heartbroken Bridie McGoldrick and her husband made a suicide pact when their son, Michael, a Glaswegian Catholic, was shot ...

Several hundred people staged a demonstration outside Northern Ireland's main prison in protest at conditions in which loyalists are held. The protest came at a time of heightened tensions in ...

She mounted an emergency application for a writ of habeas corpus to be transferred to Northern Ireland’s female prison. Those proceedings ended after the move to Hydebank Wood was facilitated ...

Whilst on bail for these offences, Caldwell was re-arrested and returned to custody on charges arising from a separate search ...