Prisons

Three prisoners are accused of murdering Kyle Bevan and leaving him “tucked up in bed” placeholder image

Inmates accused of murdering child killer ‘never gave explanation’

Three men have been charged with the murder of child killer Kyle Bevan at HMP Wakefield.placeholder image

Child killer was stabbed 25 times in his cell and bled to death

Malcolm Phillips used children “for his own sexual gratification” during his 18-year regime of fear at Skircoat Lodge Care Home in Halifax, West Yorkshire.placeholder image

Fury as paedophile children’s home boss, 93, walks free

Ian Watkins was stabbed to death on October 11 last year in his cell at high-security HMP Wakefieldplaceholder image

Ian Watkins’ ‘heinous’ crimes ‘did not justify his killing’, jury told

Ian Watkins: Trial to begin of two men charged with murdering disgraced rock starplaceholder image

Watkins murder-accused said he could be famous – trial

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HMP Leeds: Yorkshire prison second-most overcrowded in the country

Hate speech: Robert Jenrick's defection speech oozed a revulsion towards former Conservative Party colleagues - the problem is, some of those at which he took aim are now his new colleagues at Reform, so is this the first move of a Trojan Horse? (photo PA)placeholder image

Robert Jenrick throws old friends under the bus without a care in the world

Prison worker Michala Stubbs has been jailed over a £250,000 drug smuggling plot.placeholder image

Worker jailed after trying to smuggle £250,000 of drugs into jail

HMP Leeds currently holds 1,088 inmates, despite only housing regular capacity for 641 men.placeholder image

Yorkshire prisons close to capacity amid crisis

Eighty prison officers at HMP Wandsworth did not show up for work on the day Daniel Khalife allegedly escaped from the prison, it has been revealed. Credit: AFP via Getty Imagesplaceholder image

Police manhunt after another foreign prisoner mistakenly released

(left to right) Jade Brannan, 35, and Ricky Smith, 39, placeholder image

Pair jailed over drone plot to smuggle drugs into Yorkshire prison

HMP Leeds currently holds 1,088 inmates, despite only housing regular capacity for 641 men.placeholder image

'Endemic levels' of drug use in prisons is endangering lives, MPs say

A man charged with murder after a house fire that killed a mother and her three children is to go on trial in November after coming out of a coma.placeholder image

Man accused of murdering family in house fire found dead

A bomb squad was called to HMP Wakefield after a report of a 'suspicious item' in a prison cell.placeholder image

Escorts sought to transport contractors around infamous Yorkshire jail

A notorious Yorkshire jail is on the hunt for a prison escort to transport contractors in and out of the prison with a starting wage of £12.48 per hour.

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Watch: Moment man caught smuggling drugs and tobacco into UK prison

Simon Woodhall (left) and Josh Morris (right) placeholder image

Men who used drones to drop drugs and phones into prisons are jailed

HMP Millsike during it's official opening - the new Category C jail in Yorkshire will deliver 1,500 prison placesplaceholder image

New 1,500-space Yorkshire prison opens to tackle jail overcrowding

People outside HMP Durham during the previous early prison release. Credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wireplaceholder image

Prisons to overflow again 'by 2026' despite early release of prisoners

HMP Wakefield is the UK's largest high security prison.placeholder image

Sharp rise in assaults on prison staff, new figures show

Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmoodplaceholder image

Labour pledges 14,000 new prison places to tackle overcrowding

Top to bottom left to right; Gareth Roberts, Victoria Sked, Robert Williams, Simie McGinley, Darren Morgan, Jack McGlen, Ayesha Martin, Adam Kirkplaceholder image

Smuggling gang jailed after drugs found inside Pot Noodle

Illegal drugs worth £33m that were seized by a Royal Navy warship from traffickers in the Middle East. PIC: Ministry of Defence/PA Wireplaceholder image

Why a paradigm shift is needed when it comes to illegal drugs - Dr Jason Aldiss

People outside HMP Durham during the previous early prison release. Credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wireplaceholder image

1,100 prisoners released early as Labour announces Sentencing Review

Cutting Deep: The Knife Crime Crisis talks to one of the most hard-hitting anti-knife crime school teachers in the country, and looks at the issues facing young people and weapons.placeholder image

Knife crime documentary: 'My brother was killed for revenge'

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Man caught on CCTV throwing £19,000 drugs stash over prison wall

Shocking CCTV footage shows a drug dealer throwing packages worth £19k over a prison fence - which led to him being jailed.

Lucinda Herbert

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood. Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wireplaceholder image

1,700 prisoners released early amidst concerns over probation service

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Justice is not being done when prisoners are being released early

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke to reporters during his visit to Belfastplaceholder image

Yorkshire's largest prison had just eight spaces before emergency plan

Fewer crimes committed by children in South Yorkshire.placeholder image

Emergency plans to avoid prison overcrowding activated across region

Sajad Hashimi and his wife Zerka Maranay made more than 100 drone drops into 11 jails and young offenders’ institutions.placeholder image

Drone footage from drug smuggling drop over prison as couple jailed

Born and raised in Leeds, Professor McDermott is the Head of Prisons and Custody at Leeds Trinity University. (Photo supplied by Leeds Trinity University)placeholder image

Prisons can be places of hope, says Professor Danielle McDermott

'Why send shoplifters to jail, when the criminal justice system is already backed up'. PIC: PAplaceholder image

Ministers need to understand causes of shoplifting - Jayne Dowle

Abigail White has been handed a life sentence for the murder of Bradley Lewis.placeholder image

Breaking Only Fans model who killed partner slams jail’s ‘conjugal visits’ ban

HMP Leeds in Armley is going into "lockdown", according to the POA union.placeholder image

Prisons including HMP Leeds in Armley to be put into "immediate lockdown"

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Inmates share one-person cells at overcrowded Leeds Prison

HMP Leeds, which received a damning inspection report earlier this year, is among the sites chosen to take partplaceholder image

Troubled prisons to trial £10m blitz on drugs and violence

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Prison advertising for a pagan for role in prisons

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Free rein for governors as Cameron privatises prisons

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Campaigners in call to tackle sex abuse in Britain’s prisons

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Bill Carmichael: Prisoners need skills, not TVs

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Time to punish the pushers

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Pension protests to continue as Ministers try to hold line

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Video: Prison officers back at work after government gets tough on public pensio...

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Serco axes 500 UK jobs in worldwide shake-up

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G4S drops cleaning firm buyout plan

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Prisons move for ‘danger’ patients

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Security firm took inmates to court in taxis

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Five days a week of hard work for jobless criminals

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Longer jail terms cut reoffending Ministry study finds

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Notorious child killer murdered in Yorkshire prison hostage drama

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How to survive in prison as a disgraced MP - by Jonathan Aitken

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Ken Clarke: Radical reform is needed to break the cycle of crime

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Nick Hayns: The private answer for improved services

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