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.

“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 ...

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 Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said Reece Pryce, 23, died at HMP Five Wells near Wellingborough on 25 December. There were no further details available about how Pryce died at the category C ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The victim was attacked at a bus stop on Soho Road in Handsworth on Tuesday A man has been arrested after an 82-year-old man was critically injured in an attack at a bus stop in Birmingham.

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.

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 ...

The 82-year-old man was waiting for the number 74 bus service on Soho Road, Handsworth, when he was assaulted at around 3.30pm yesterday, January 14. It happened outside shops Divine and Kang ...

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 ...