A prison officer holding an inmate who died in a “restraint-related” incident described him as a “bucking bronco” in his police interview, an inquest heard. Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from Romford, east ...

Criminals have used drones to deliver drugs through hole-ridden perspex windows on prisoners’ cells, a watchdog has revealed.

The most prisoners which it can hold without a serious risk to safety is 327, according to authorities. The watchdog found ...

A high-security prison has become “an airport” because so many drugs are being delivered to its inmates by drones, a watchdog has warned. Charlie Taylor, chief inspector of prisons, said ...

Serious concerns over 'readily available' drugs, rising levels of violence and lax security at a Greater Manchester prison ...

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 ...

An unannounced inspection of HMP Parc in Bridgend in January found drugs were widely available, with deliveries to cell windows via drones. Seventeen inmates are known to have died at Parc in 2024 ...

Delays in fixing broken prison windows is making it easier for drones to be used to deliver drugs and weapons, a report has warned. Findings published on Wednesday laid bare the state of ...

In a report on HMP Garth published today (Tues), Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor wrote that prisoners were "continually burning holes in the prison windows at a faster rate than they ...

An audit of HMP Wandsworth – published last month – exposed shocking levels of decline at the south London prison, including violence among prisoners and towards staff as well as growing ...

Built from recycled materials, it was lauded as the £253 million 'prison of the future' with inmates called 'residents', student-hall style rooms with en-suites and no bars on windows.

HMP Garth, a high-security men's prison in Lancashire, has been described as 'troubled' in a damning new inspection report which exposes a rampant drugs problem.