A pensioner "ruined" two children's lives when he groped them as they played outside, a court has heard. Michael Moran, 74, ...

A former prisoner has claimed she only survived her time in jail thanks to a theatre company. Cheryl Byron was serving a ...

After a man remanded in HMP Durham took his own life the day he arrived, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has criticised ...

William Dawson, who was known as Billy the Bump, died at HMP Holme House after being transferred from HMP Durham for end of life care.

William Dawson, who was known as Billy the Bump, died at HMP Holme House after being transferred from HMP Durham for end of ...

HMP Durham has been ordered to make changes after a second man died after being found hanging in his cell, according to a report into his death. Ahmed Alshbli, 35, was found in his cell at HMP ...

At 10pm Alshbli was found hanging in his cell. Paramedics who were already at HMP Durham due to a separate medical incident attended within one minute of the emergency call being raised. Alshbli was ...

The Prison and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has criticised HMP Durham over the use of restraints on ill prisoners ...

A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has revealed that a disabled inmate was improperly restrained at HMP Durham.

A major drug dealer who was caught importing MDMA into the UK and was later part of a gang smuggling illicit goods into ...

Glen Adrian was found hanged in his cell on March 8, last year, at HMP Durham. The 27-year-old was the seventh prisoner to take his life at the prison in three years and the fourth in four months ...

Convicted child rapist Rebecca Holloway, who was serving a 12-year sentence, has been found dead at HM Prison Low Newton in ...