Daily Mail21d
HMP Liverpool watchdog chair accused of plotting to bring cannabis and phones into jail 'after inappropriate relationships with inmates'
Helen Spree, 61, was the chair of the independent monitoring board (IMB) at HMP Liverpool before her arrest for misconduct in public office and conspiring to convey prohibited articles into prison.
Channel 4 News22d
Inside HMP Downview: one of 12 women’s prisons in England & Wales
“My 15-year-old son died. And yeah, my life just spiralled from then really.” We’re inside HMP Downview – one of 12 female prisons in England and Wales. “I feel like I needed help more ...
BBC22d
Prison board boss charged over jail drugs plot
The former chairwoman of a prison monitoring board has appeared in court charged with having inappropriate relationships with serving prisoners and conspiring to smuggle drugs into HMP Liverpool.
The Mirror23d
Empty HMP Dartmoor pays Prince William's Duchy £1.5m a year - and there's a twist
HMP Dartmoor’s future will be decided in the summer, when the government looks at its spending plans, a prison spokesperson told the BBC. The cost of the lease has more than doubled since the ...
Daily Mail24d
Prince William's Duchy of Cornwall is being paid £1.5m a year from HMP Dartmoor which closed last year and 'may never reopen' after radioactive gas was detected
HMP Dartmoor, which is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, is leased to the Ministry of Justice for £1.5 million annually — and will be for the next 24 years. But the category-C prison ...
Evening Chronicle24d
Newcastle paedophile dies of sepsis while prisoner at HMP Northumberland
A paedophile who was convicted of several child sex offences has died of sepsis while a prisoner at HMP Northumberland. Barry Rossiter, from Walker, had served just over two years of his 26 year ...
Worcester News28d
HMP Long Lartin report finds drones being used to deliver drugs
Chief inspector Charlie Taylor has called for urgent action to be taken after an unannounced inspection of HMP Long Lartin, near Evesham, in October found serious concerns for safety and security.
BBC28d
Prison worker 'told to leave after raising concerns'
Nottingham Coroner's Court is hearing an ongoing inquest for three inmates - David Richards, Anthony Binfield and Rolandas Karbauskas – who all died within the space of three weeks at HMP ...
ITV28d
Drone drug drops to jails including HMP Manchester are ‘national security threat’, watchdog says
Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor accused the police and government of giving up control of the airspace above HMP Manchester and HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, as he called on them ...
Sky29d
Use of drones to fly weapons into prisons has become a 'threat to national security', watchdog warns
Charlie Taylor added that police and the prison service had in effect "ceded the airspace" around HMP Manchester and HMP Long Lartin to organised crime gangs who are using the gadgets to deliver ...
Birmingham Mail29d
Threat to national security at Worcestershire jail after drones drop weapons and drugs
Inspectors found that protective netting and CCTV had been allowed to 'fall into disrepair' at prisons, including HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire. Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor ...
Bristol Post29d
Staff at HMP Bristol receive almost a quarter of a million in injury at work compensation
Prison staff at HMP Bristol received the highest amount from injury claims in the past year than ever before, with the number one reason being injuries sustained in attacks by prisoners or in ...