A Victorian lawyer says a "crisis" is unfolding in the state's jails, with justice facilities so crowded prisoners are instead being kept in police holding cells for up to a month. Mark Martoccia, ...

Beneath a busy street in north London lie the reputedly haunted vaults of the Victorian Clerkenwell House of Detention on the English Heritage ...

Girl criminals as young as 11 are pictured in a haunting collection of mugshots of women in a Victorian prison. Offences ...

Striking photos are bringing museum visitors face to face with Victorian prison inmates. The images have gone on display at Lincoln Castle for the first time and offer an insight into crime and ...

The untold stories of the women prisoners at a Victorian jail in Newcastle have been told.

A collection of haunting Victorian mug shots featuring UK criminals from a bygone age has gone on display for the first time. The striking black-and-white images include a 14-year-old boy who was ...