The Ministry of Justice is stepping in to take over the running of HMP Birmingham after officials decided private contractor G4S could not cope with the out-of-control prison. It comes after a damning ...

Crisis-hit HMP Birmingham is to be taken over by the government full-time after G4S had its contract cancelled. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Prison workers enter HMP Birmingham after the British government took over its running from G4S, in Birmingham, ...

G4S has lost its contract to run Birmingham prison after the facility plunged into crisis under the private company. Both G4S and the Ministry of Justice said the decision was a “mutual agreement”, ...

Birmingham Prison is being taken over by the government from the private firm G4S after inspectors said it was in a “state of crisis”. Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke called the facility the ...

The Ministry of Justice has seized control of HMP Birmingham ahead of a damning inspection report that reveals high levels of violence in the jail, as well as squalid living conditions and the ...

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain's government will from July 1 permanently take over the running of Birmingham Prison from private operator G4S after inmate violence made the prison unmanageable. The ...