HMP Durham is a Georgian era local Category B men's prison, located in the Elvet area of Durham. The prison, built in 1819, is a Reception Prison serving the courts in the Newcastle, Durham ...

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

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Shaun Mason, two other prisoners and a prison nurse have now all been sentenced for their part in a criminal plot to get ...

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

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 ...

HMP Durham has once again been criticised over its use of restraints on ill prisoners after a double amputee with "severely limited mobility" was taken to hospital restrained. A Prisons and Probation ...

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

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

Ahmed Alshbli arrived at HMP Durham on November 2, 2022, when he was remanded in custody for various offences including harassment, assault, and coercive behaviour in his relationship.

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.