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Veteran republican Marian Price has been released from prison, after spending two years in custody.

A new Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has been appointed.

Complaints made to the Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman have increased by 10% in a year, it has been revealed.

A 42-year-old male prisoner at Maghaberry Prison has died, the Northern Ireland Prison Service has confirmed.

A report into probation services in Northern Ireland is "one of the most positive" the Criminal Justice Inspectorate has ever produced.

A Prisoner Ombudsman report has found delays in reaching an unconscious prisoner who tried to take his own life may have contributed to the serious brain damage he suffered.

Justice Minister David Ford has outlined his plans to invest £202m in the future of Northern Ireland's prisons.

The new cellblock at Maghaberry Prison - which was officially opened on Wednesday - could help prevent prisoners from reoffending, it has been claimed.

Prison bosses are to review their policy on the wearing of poppies by inmates, after loyalist sex offender Mark Harbinson launched a legal challenge.

The Strabane company at the centre of the Halal meat scandal says it is cooperating fully with an investigation by the Food Standards Agency and local council officials.

A Strabane-based company has been named as the source of Halal food, supplied to prisons, which was found to contain traces of pork DNA - forbidden under Islamic law.

Planning permission has been granted for the first police, prison and fire officer training college in Northern Ireland.

Seventy-two prisoners, including 11 on life sentence, will be released for Christmas leave.

Conditions at Maghaberry Prison are not meeting safety standards, according to a new inspection report.

It is understood a former solicitor who was jailed for inciting a UVF murder plot has been attacked by another prisoner in Magilligan, Co Londonderry.

The widow of murdered prison officer David Black has spoken publically for the first time about her family's grief and the support they've received, four weeks on from her husband's death on the M1.

There were "serious shortfalls" in the care of a female prisoner who took her own life at Hydebank Wood Women's Prison in Belfast, a report has found.

Magilligan Prison could be kept, as the Justice Minister has revealed reforms to Northern Ireland's prison sites, including breaking the region's main high-security jail into three mini prisons.

Dissident republican inmates at Maghaberry Jail have called off their long-running dirty protest.

Prison bosses did not adequately investigate the bullying of an inmate in Northern Ireland who took his own life, according to an investigation.

Camera equipment was found in the watch of an inmate at the jail where murdered prison officer David Black worked, it has been revealed.

A republican paramilitary group calling itself the IRA has admitted responsibility for the murder of prison officer David Black.

Tributes have been paid to murdered prison officer David Black at the Northern Ireland Prison Service Memorial Service.

David Black, the prison officer who was murdered as he travelled to work last week, has been described as "a man committed to peace" at his funeral service.

A prisoner has died at Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim.

Crowds gathered at Belfast City Hall on Tuesday where they held a silent vigil to pay their respect to David Black's family.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested in the Republic of Ireland in connection with the murder of prison officer David Black.

The government remains vigilant against the threat of terrorism and will support the PSNI's pursuit of those responsible for the murder of prison officer David Black, the NI Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has said.

The murder of serving prison officer David Black, in a suspected dissident gun attack near Lurgan, has been condemned by politicians across party divides as an attack on all of Northern Ireland.

The current security situation for prison officers at Maghaberry is "absolutely ridiculous", the wife of a serving officer has told UTV - in the wake of the murder of one of her husband's colleagues.

The family of the serving prison officer, who died after being ambushed by gunmen as he drove along the M1 motorway near Lurgan, have appealed for no retaliation.

A prisoner has died overnight at Maghaberry Prison, Co Antrim.

Prison officers have started their campaign against proposals to close down Magilligan Prison.

A pilot of new search technology will commence at Magilligan Prison next week, the Justice Minister has confirmed.

The family of a 34-year-old man, who died in police custody after being arrested in connection with the murder of George Gray, say he died of natural causes.