All news on the topic: Prisons

Jo Mjadzelics is the whistleblower who first told police about the Lostprophets rocker's fantasies about children - she is dismissive about fears for the sex offender's health

Speaking after Ian Watkins' sentencing in 2013, a Detective Chief Inspector said the investigation uncovered 'the most disturbing child abuse evidence I have seen in my 28 years as a police officer'

HMP Wakefield - dubbed 'Monster Mansion' - is home to some of the Britain's most depraved criminals from terrorists, murderers, rapists and 'Hannibal the Cannibal' who is caged in an underground glass box

David Hunter suffocated his terminally ill wife Janice at the couple's home in Cyprus, and was jailed for two years for the killing - now he's revealed his ordeal right after her death

Lostprophets paedophile Ian Watkins is said to be in a critical condition after three inmates at HMP Wakefield - dubbed Monster Mansion for its inhabitants - "took him hostage" before launching a violent attack on him

The government must stop these "bizarre" ideas, like ordering over-50s to get on their bikes, and instead concentrate on education, training and rehabilitation, argues Keir Mudie

David Hunter has regular nightmares about ending his wife’s life after six weeks of her begging him every day due to her terminal illness - and has revealed the heart-wrenching final four words she said to him

Lee Ryan blew his fortune on a mansion, supercars and a plane and helicopter and ended up living on the streets but now, with his new job as a decorator, he insists: "I'm the happiest I've ever been"

James Phillip Barnes, 61, previously dropped all legal appeals over his execution and said he wanted to accept his punishment for killing nurse Patsy Miller who was raped, bludgeoned to death with a hammer then set on fire

Emmerdale fans think there could be a sinister side to Lloyd's wife Julie as Thursday night's episode saw her husband die after being in a coma for weeks

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Shunekndrick Huffman escaped from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility before breaking into a nearb home and holding a mum and her daughters at gunpoint

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT – Rachel Tunstill secretly gave birth to daughter Mia Kelly before she stabbed her 14 times with a pair of scissors and dumped her corpse in a bin. She never showed a shred of remorse for her string of vile lies.

Johnny Johnson, 45, received a a lethal dose of pentobarbital at a state prison in Bonne Terre and was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. CDT, authorities said

Johnny Johnson, 45, was found guilty in July 2002, for the murder of Casey Williamson after luring her from her home in Valley Park, St. Louis, to an abandoned glass factory

The latest Ministry of Justice data shows 86,602 men and women were in prison in England at the end of July. The figure is just 971 short of the 'usable operational capacity'

Kim Porter-Wilson took photos of her neighbour Ann Breen and sounded an alarm every time she watered her plants, a court heard. The pensioner said the woman made her life 'hell' for nine months

Rachel Tunstill, who was housed at HMP Styal in Cheshire, has died in prison. She was sentenced to life with a minimum of 17 years for killing her newborn baby with a pair of scissors

David Hunter’s wife Janice ‘begged’ him to end her suffering from terminal blood cancer - yesterday he walked free from jail after being convicted of her manslaughter

Next week will see Amelia and Dan Spencer decide to go on the run in order to remain together as a family after their life was turned upside down by her stalker Lloyd

Ross was banged up at jails in London and Glasgow, but now he will go to jails in other regions including Latin America and Asia to look at life for inmates

An unnamed female prisoner lodged a claim with the jail's management earlier this year after being told there were no bras available to fit her 36HH bust - the same size as Katie Price

Andy Malkinson was falsely imprisoned for 17 years and fell into an 'unspeakable' depression. If he had followed a prison officer's advice and confessed to the crime, he could have been out after 7 - but he refused to give in.

Article published on the 21st of May 2023 wrongly reported that Ann Widdecombe was famous for insisting that pregnant prisoners should be handcuffed whilst giving birth in hospital

Gary Glitter, was returned to HMP The Verne on Portland Island, off Dorset, after breaching his licence conditions, had a list of demands including his own autobiography and a poster of himself