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Britain's most senior judge assailed recent government sentencing guidelines in a speech Thursday, warning that minimums set in 2003 threatened to eventually fill up the country's prisons with "geriatric lifers" and would have negative consequences for years to...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair intervened Friday in a renewed furor over criminal sentencing that broke out after a judge cited the Home Secretary's recent urgings to keep non-dangerous offenders out of overcrowded prisons [BBC...

UK Home Secretary John Reid, Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer and Attorney General Lord Goldsmith wrote to British judges on Wednesday urging them to limit imposition of prison sentences to only the most dangerous criminals...

UK Home Secretary John Reid has advocated a range of criminal sentencing reforms for UK courts in a consultation paper released Thursday that accords judges greater discretion to increase sentences for dangerous criminals and advises...

UK Home Secretary John Reid is soliciting bids for the provision of prison ships to house approximately 800 inmates to relieve pressure on Britain's overcrowded jails. The system has neared its 80,000 inmate limit and...

British Home Secretary John Reid Monday outlined steps to combat the increasingly urgent problem of prison overcrowding . Over the weekend, the prison population of England and Wales reached a record...

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers expressed doubts about whether non-violent offenders are actually rehabilitated in prison during an interview published Sunday in the British newspaper The Observer. In light...