Nicholas Prosper, of Leabank, appeared in the dock at Luton Crown Court on Monday and spoke to confirm his identity and to make his pleas.

A damning new report from the prison inspectors revealed disturbing levels of drug use, mental health issues and self-harm at ...

TOO many vulnerable and mentally unwell women have been sent to jail due to a lack of suitable services in the community, ...

HMP/YOI Styal receives women from courts all over the north-west of England and also Wales, either remanded or sentenced. There are facilities for mothers with babies up to 18 months. A small unit ...

MORE inmates are using drugs at HMP Styal than at any other women's prison across the UK, inspectors have found.

An inmate at a prison where inspectors found high levels of self harm had hurt herself 400 times in one year, a report said.

Inspectors found the prison had the highest rate of positive drugs test among women's jails in the UK and the second highest ...

PEI appears on Gladiators A prison gym instructor appeared on Gladiators last month – and made it through to the next round.

More than eight years after her death at HMP Styal, a report by the prison and probation services watchdog has now been published, saying a 'fuller consideration of her risk of suicide' should ...

The SPS said all bunk beds had been removed from the rooms of young people at HMP & YOI Polmont, as well as rectangular doorstops, to improve safety. It has also introduced "concern lines" into ...