The report by an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), made up of volunteers tasked by ministers with scrutinising conditions ...

There was a 31 per cent increase in assaults on both staff and other prisoners between February last year and and the end of ...

He was due to be released from the Walton prison in two weeks when he was found hanging in his cell on February 19 2018. He ...

The most prisoners which it can hold without a serious risk to safety is 327, according to authorities. The watchdog found prison staff were trying to manage the high turnover of prisoners in the ...

A damning report says a Kent prison has become "more unstable", with drugs being smuggled in via drones as one of the major problems. The findings of an unannounced inspection at HMP Elmley on Sheppey ...

Revealed: Dozens of women with mental health problems ‘stripped’ and made to wear ‘last resort’ anti-rip clothing ...

A former prison officer at a high-security jail where a member of staff was recently stabbed by an inmate, has said the ...

A damning report says a Kent prison has become "more unstable", with drugs being smuggled in via drones as one of the major problems. The findings of an unannounced inspection at HMP Elmley on ...

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A prisoner at HMP Birmingham murdered his cellmate then smiled and made a death gesture to guards, a court heard. Vitalie ...

Not enough progress has been made at HMP Garth since a scathing inspection last year, an independent review has found.

High-security jail HMP Wakefield is nicknamed 'Monster Mansion' because it is home to some of the country's most depraved criminals. Originally built as a house of correction in 1594, it was rebuilt ...