The cell where Harold Shipman was held in a top security prison was said to be 'haunted' after his suicide in the 'Monster Mansion'. He had been moved into Wakefield Prison's cell D336 ...

The officer, in his 40s, risks being scarred for the rest of his life after an inmate allegedly attacked him at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The prison officer was taken to Pinderfields ...

PALESTINE campaigners demonstrated outside a Yorkshire prison on Saturday in solidarity with an activist who took part in a raid on a Bradford weapons factory which supplies Israel. Francesca Nadin ...

Three teenagers have died after a car hit a tree near Wakefield on Friday evening, West Yorkshire Police said. Emergency services were called to the scene at about 8.30pm on Bramley Lane near West ...

Figures from the Ministry of Justice show 228 assaults were recorded at Wakefield prison the year to September – up from 222 the year before and the highest figure over the last five years. This ...

A convicted murderer carried out a sickening attack on a paedophile in his own prison cell ... Bickerdike entered Morris’ cell at HMP Wakefield, on January 7, 2023, distracted him and then ...

The proposed scheme would be the third phase of development on land earmarked for development in City Fields, to the east of Wakefield. About 2,500 homes are expected to be built in the area when ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

And yet 21 years ago this month, Harold 'Dr Death' Shipman – Britain's most prolific serial killer by several country miles – ended his life at Category A Wakefield Prison. The bearded monster ...