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A MAN is to stand trial later this year on an allegation that he carried out an assault and robbery at a Greenock shop last year while armed with knives. Jason McLean, 20, is charged with raiding ...
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More than £235,000 has been paid out in compensation for prisoner injury claims at HMP Liverpool in recent years. New data obtained through a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed the ...
Iceland has begun its new vocational training at the privately-owned HMP Oakwood in Featherstone where prisoners get the chance to 'gain work experience' and 'adjust to the outside world'.
Prisoners at HMP Lewes were paid almost £130,000 in compensation for injuries sustained in jail in the last five years. New data obtained by Legal Expert, has revealed that between 2020 and 2024 ...
Four prison officers were injured at HMP Frankland by Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi, with three taken to hospital earlier this month. They were attacked with hot oil and homemade ...
The 41-year-old was found dead at HMP Frankland in County Durham, on Monday. A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Gareth Dack died on April 21 2025 at HMP Frankland. “As with all deaths in ...
The monthly rate for assaults on staff and other inmates at HMP Frankland, in County Durham, hit 183.8 per 1,000 prisoners – the highest rate since at least 2016, and up from 169.5 last year.
A well-known tattoo and piercing artist spent the night in His Majesty’s Prison after he pleaded guilty to weapons charges when he appeared in court yesterday. Oszie Kelvin Russell, commonly kno ...