Following a European Court of Human Rights ruling, British civil rights advocates say there must be a proper national debate on prisoner voting.

Prison reformers have expressed dismay at the determination of the majority of Westminster MPs to defy a legal ruling against the ban on prisoners voting.

The number of people dying in prison in unexplained, ‘unclassified’ circumstances has tripled in one year, the Howard League for Penal Reform has revealed.

Veterans in both the US and UK are more likely to serve prison sentences for violent and sexual offences than those in the civilian population.