ALMOST £200,000 was spent on paying out claims to injured members of staff at a county prison. Between April 2023 and March 2024, £194,617.38 was spent on claims made against the Category A Long ...

INJURY claims from staff at HMP Long Lartin assaulted by inmates have increased tenfold since 2020 according to a Freedom of ...

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.

In a case following an attack in HMP Isle of Wight, the local magistrates court heard a prison officer was injured after an ...

The inmate, who has not been identified, was found dead at Long Lartin prison near Evesham, Worcestershire. Police would give no details of how he died. A spokeswoman said: "A prisoner at HMP Long ...

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor accused the police and Government of giving up control of airspace above HMP Manchester and HMP Long Lartin. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor ...

the findings on Long Lartin told of drones carrying “large payloads of illicit items” into the category A Worcestershire prison. Holding almost 600 inmates, including those mainly serving life ...

A watchdog has said deliveries of drugs and weapons to prison by drone are a national security threat. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor accused the police and Government of giving up ...

And at HMP Long Lartin Mr Taylor said 50% of those who responded to his survey said it was easy to get drugs and alcohol. Violence and self-harm at both jails had increased, in part driven by ...

said drops of contraband to inmates at HMP Manchester and HMP Long Lartin, in Worcestershire, were now so regular that guns could be smuggled in. The two jails hold some of the most dangerous men ...

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 ...