Prison bosses did not adequately investigate the bullying of an inmate in the North who took his own life, it has been revealed.

Hazel Stewart’s appeal against her conviction for the murders of her husband and the wife of her ex-lover may not go ahead until September, it was revealed today.

Two remand prisoners are believed to have hanged themselves in custody in the North.

Unacceptable management failures in the North's prisons mean they deliver an ineffective service despite having more staff than inmates, a damning report has found.

Female inmates in the North are losing out hand-over-fist because of the prison service’s “sticking plaster” approach to modernising jails, a committee of MPs has heard.

An armed robber and a forger have gone missing after being given Christmas home leave from a Northern Ireland jail, it emerged today.

Up to 90% of the North's prisoners have mental health or other personality disorders, the head of the Prison Service said today.

Human Rights Chief Commissioner Professor Monica McWilliams will begin a probe today into the conditions facing immigration detainees in the North.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service was heavily censured today in an official report on how treats women in custody.

A damning report into the detention of women and girls in a Northern Ireland prison was issued by the Human Rights Commission there today.

Prison visits in the North were conducted as normal today despite an overtime ban by warders in a bitter row over pay.

Prison officers tonight threatened to plunge Northern Ireland’s jail regime into chaos as a bitter pay row intensified.

Magilligan prison in Derry is to remain open, according to a statement today.