LONDON — It’s been a strange sort of prison break: no daring escapes, no Hollywood getaways — just inmates quietly released, by mistake, onto the streets of Britain. Subscribe to read this story ...

The scenes outside prisons this week verged on the farcical. As 1,700 offenders released early embraced their unexpected freedom, they spoke to reporters with a mixture of glee and depressing realism.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tartu Prison in Estonia (Tartu Prison, Estonia) People handed jail sentences in the UK may begin carrying them out in Estonia, ...

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Drone deliveries of drugs and weapons into British prisons have become a national security threat, the country's chief prisons inspector warned on Tuesday, calling for ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Just north of central London, behind high brick walls walls, there’s a whitewashed building with bars on its windows. It’s one of Britain’s most ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --One of two prisoners mistakenly released from London's Wandsworth Prison turned himself in Thursday after three days at large, authorities said. Surrey Police said in a statement that ...

LONDON — The British government seized control of a squalid contractor-run prison on Monday where inspectors said officers were locking themselves away as protection from prisoners, raising questions ...

Nov. 7 (UPI) --A man who was accidentally freed from a British prison on Oct. 29 has been arrested in London, police said. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, from Algeria, was let out of Wandsworth Prison in ...