Government plans to build Britain’s biggest prison are a "titanic waste of money that will do nothing to cut crime", says the Howard League for Penal Reform.

The Howard League for Penal Reform has revealed new findings from polling firm Populus showing around half the public oppose privately run prisons.

The Howard League for Penal Reform has revealed that the imprisonment of women in the UK separates at least 17,000 children from their mothers every year.

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System has announced a one year independent inquiry into girls in the penal system.