It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Prisoners inside the overcrowded HMP Durham have been making drugs with shower gel and toothpaste, it has been revealed. Overcrowding ...

Remarkably, she was made governor in just six years. Pegg's time at HMP Styal women's prison in Cheshire was remarkable for another reason, as staff there recalled how she would bizarrely turn up ...

Rebecca Parkinson was remanded to HMP Styal, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on July 28, 2022, charged with assaulting a police officer. Before the 43-year-old arrived, the prison had been told she was at ...

Her rise was remarkable, being promoted to governor in just six years. And Pegg's time at HMP Styal women's prison in Cheshire was remarkable for another reason. Staff there recalled how she would ...

Mystery surrounds the death of a woman who was taken to hospital within 24 hours of being remanded to prison. Rebecca Parkinson was remanded to HMP Styal, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on July 28, 2022, ...

The circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who was hospitalised within 24 hours of being remanded to prison remain unclear. Rebecca Parkinson was remanded to HMP Styal, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, ...

Inspectors have described Scotland's notorious HMP Barlinnie as being in a "wretchedly poor state" while operating at 30% over capacity. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) is ...

Pegg joined in 2012 as a graduate entrant, working at prisons including Risley, Liverpool and Styal, and by April 2018 she was a governor at HMP Kirkham, where Saunderson was reaching the end of ...

The “disgusting” attack - known in jail lingo as "potting" - came after Ryan Fearnley, a prisoner at HMP Wayland, claimed he had been bullied and not enough had been done about it. Norwich ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said “we simply cannot build our way out of the prisons capacity crisis” as she opened the new jail HMP Millsike in Full Sutton, near Pocklington.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. AN inquest has opened into the death of a 38-year-old woman who died whilst in custody. Stephanie Brennan was found in her cell at HMP Styal on ...

Labour has opened the first ever “green” all-electric mega-prison to house 1,500 inmates. “Megaprison” HMP Millsike in East Yorkshire is set to become one of the UK’s biggest jails and the first of ...