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The new jail, which will sit alongside neighbouring jails HMP Garth and HMP Wymott, will mean a combined total of 3,700 prisoners will reside in the area, outnumbering the population of Ulnes Walton.
The new jail, which will sit alongside neighbouring jails HMP Garth and HMP Wymott, will mean a combined total of 3,700 prisoners will reside in the area, outnumbering the population of Ulnes Walton.
The category C ‘super prison’ will now spring up on land alongside the existing Garth and Wymott lock-ups, near Leyland. It means the combined jail population in the area will reach more than 3,700 – ...
It is not known how the weapon was brought into the prison. However a recent inspection of HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire described the "incursion of drones" as "an increasingly critical ...
Claire Lewis, who was an officer at HMP Frankland in 2010, slammed the latest announcement said all prison officers should have body armour Public notices Newsletters ...
A prison officer who received emergency treatment after being attacked at a high security jail was stabbed with a weapon from outside of prison, Sky News understands. Vanessa Frake, former head of ...
A prison officer has been airlifted to hospital after being stabbed at a high-security men's prison. West Mercia Police said officers were called to HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton ...
HMP Dartmoor. What's On 'Inmates' are hunted down in HMP Dartmoor 'mass breakout' Over 130 people descended on Dartmoor Prison Museum for the Dartmoor Prison Break Ultra Challenge 2025.
HMP Nottingham. News. Change at prison as ex-inmate dies 11 days after release from HMP Nottingham. Thomas McMahon, 33, died as a result of combined use of cannabinoids, morphine and cocaine.
A report into HMP Hull has found the prison has "relatively low" levels of violence but a growing problem with drug-taking. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons visited between April 14 and 16 and ...
Residents of a Chorley village have been told a third prison will definitely be built in their midst after a last-ditch legal challenge to the plans failed.