They happened during April 1990 and began as a protest against poor conditions, overcrowding and harsh treatment of inmates.It lasted 25 days making it the longest prison disturbance in the UK.The ...

Father-of-three McCauley Doran, aged 27, died on Wednesday, March 19, whilst serving the last few months of a sentence for kidnap and robbery. A Prison Service spokesperson said: “McCauley ...

Drugs are "too easily available" at a prison where almost 40% of drug tests came back positive, a watchdog has warned. HMP Inspectorate of Prisons described the figure as "shocking" in its report ...

A prison governor was in a relationship with the boss of a drug-dealing gang who went by the name of a character from hit US crime drama Breaking Bad, a court has heard. Kerri Pegg, 42, was given ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said “we simply cannot build our way out of the prisons capacity crisis” as she opened a ...

An online pervert who was caught with sickening indecent images of children realised that he could be in big trouble and made an internet search: "What do HM Prison cells look like?" Shane Silby ...

From Porridge to Prison Break, TV audiences have long had a fascination with incarceration. With bars reducing the options for action, the consequences are always amplified. A captive audience is ...

Rappers and the legal system have a long, complicated history. Frequently, hip-hop artists have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and are locked up in jail or have to serve a lengthy ...

A PRISON governor began a relationship with a drug dealer who gave her a £12,000 Mercedes car paid for in drugs after she released him on licence from jail, a court heard. Kerri Pegg, who ...