The Latest Breaking News from Charlie Taylor

Downing Street has insisted that Hadush Kebatu will be deported ‘imminently’ as Justice Secretary David Lammy is set to face MPs.

Justice secretary blames human error but other say there are systemic problems and targeting an individual is ‘unjust’

SPECIAL REPORT : The ageing prison estate is in a dire condition after years of neglect, but the cost of outsourcing basic repairs is spiralling out of control, with shower upgrades in one prison set to cost taxpayers £7.8m, Amy-Clare Martin reports

Charlie Taylor hits out at risk of real-terms spending cuts in prisons in England and Wales derailing work to break cycle of reoffending

Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no family left to contact

Figures show 22 jails – 18.5% – were given the lowest ranking in the year to March.

Inspector issues urgent notification over mice and cockroach infested HMP Pentonville after staff monitoring suicidal inmates caught sleeping on the job

Inmates had been kept in prison after their release date because staff “failed to calculate sentences accurately”

The chief inspector of prisons also said the backlog in sentencing calculations at HMP Pentonville has seen some prisoners freed early.