Erin Patterson, the mushroom murderer, faces her first Christmas in solitary confinement with no gifts, family, or festive ...

Killers of probation and prison officers could face whole-life orders under plans announced by the justice secretary in a bid ...

Justice Secretary David Lammy said the scope whole-life orders will be widened in the wake of the murder of former prison ...

Family of murdered prison officer welcome huge shift to ensure the most evil criminals are never released from jail ...

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EXCLUSIVE: As infamous child killer nurse spends Christmas behind bars, Daily Star Sunday can reveal just how cushy her festive plans will be as she celebrates with other lags ...

In England and Wales, whole-life imprisonment is the harshest sanction available to the courts, emerging in the decades after the abolition of the death penalty. The whole-life order requires people ...