Hundreds of inmates at HMP Durham are being made subject to "unhygienic" and overcrowded living conditions, a watchdog has revealed.

HMP and YOI Stirling has been open for three years and the prison's governor has expressed concern over a soaring number of remand inmates Deputy Governor Pam Terry said four in every 10 women at HMP ...

A prisoner died and several overdosed after reportedly taking "dodgy spice" at an Essex prison. HMP Chelmsford inmate Ivor Manton, 43, died in hospital on March 6 after a drug-related incident at the ...

The Milton Keynes jail has some of the highest levels of violence, says HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

Prisoners in one of Britain’s worst jails are routinely making and carrying weapons, a watchdog has revealed. Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons, said the level of violence, including ...

Government officials hit 13 G4S, Serco and Sodexo jails with financial sanctions as justice chiefs battle a rising tide of female prison officers having illicit flings with inmates in their cells ...

The 52-year-old, who murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, was reportedly ambushed in HMP Frankland.

Residents of a small town in rural Lancashire have expressed fury at the government pushing through controversial plans for a new 'super prison' on green belt land. Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood ...

Libidos ran free in this lockup. Eighteen female guards and staffers were either fired or resigned from a cushy UK male prison for engaging in hookups and other steamy sessions with inmates, according ...

School caretaker who killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002 was reportedly assaulted with metal bar ...