A prison riot left six members of staff needing hospital treatment, the BBC has learned. Twenty prisoners were involved in a number of fights on 2 December at HM Prison Chelmsford in Essex.

The number of assaults reported at Chelmsford Prison has more than doubled in the past decade, it has emerged. According to figures from the Ministry of Justice, 268 assaults were reported at the ...

Figures from the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service show there were 252 full-time equivalent prison officers working at Chelmsford Prison as of March 31.

A man who was given mental health support during his arrest by Essex Police took his own life in his cell just three days after being remanded to Chelmsford Prison. Frederick Munro’s death on ...

Twenty prisoners were involved in a number of fights on 2 December at HM Prison Chelmsford in Essex. Half of them were transferred out of the prison as a result, the Ministry of Justice said. It ...