INSPECTORS who made an unannounced visit to a Hampshire prison found drug use, debt, rising violence, self-harm and men locked in their cells for up to 22 hours a day. HMP Winchester is a reception ...

HMP Winchester, a Victorian-era prison holding around 690 inmates, was branded one of the most unsafe jails in the country by HM deputy chief inspector Martin Lomas as he issued an urgent ...

A prison is so "dilapidated" an inmate was able to remove his own cell door, an inspection has found. A watchdog has called for Winchester prison, a category B jail in Hampshire, to be put into ...

Officers working at Winchester Prison were pictured enjoying themselves in the pub next door before heading back on shift last week. Eight to nine staff members, ‘including at least one ...

You may be asked to set these preferences again when you visit non-AMP BBC ... a watchdog has said. Prison inspectors found drug use was "rife" at Winchester Prison in Hampshire, and that security ...

HM Prison Winchester has ‘high levels of violence’ and is damaged (Picture: PA) A watchdog has called for Winchester prison to be put into emergency measures after finding it was so damaged ...

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Last month, Winchester became the ninth prison in two years to be judged by inspectors to be failing.