Figures from the Ministry of Justice show 228 assaults were recorded at Wakefield prison the year to September – up from 222 ...

Trouble flared at HMP Wakefield after problems with deep fat fryers conking out meant chips are now served on a rota basis ...

Officers at the Wakefield Coroner's Office request assistance tracing the relatives of Stephen Makin, aged 66, who resided at ...

INMATES at Britain’s most notorious prison had chips taken off the menu because they couldn’t be trusted to cook with the deep-fat fryers. Lags at HMP Wakefield in Yorkshire – nicknamed ‘Monster ...

Violence at HMP Wakefield has soared by 63 per cent in the past year, a report from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) has confirmed. The maximum security West Yorkshire jail, dubbed Monster ...

Coroner's Officers are appealing for help in tracing any known relatives a man who has passed away at HMP Wakefield.

The head of the independent sentencing review has told LBC he wants to see some women’s prisons being shut down and used to ...

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BRITAIN’S most prolific rapist could serve the rest of his 40-year sentence in Indonesia after officials began talks on sending him home. Reynhard Sinaga, 41, was caged for 159 sex offences, ...

Short sentences and recall periods are keeping offenders in a longer cycle of going to jail, LBC has heard, as we went behind ...

Reynhard Sinaga’s parents, Saibun Sinaga and Normawati Silaen, say they have had limited communication with the 41-year-old man.

Lags at HMP Wakefield in Yorkshire – nicknamed ‘Monster Mansion’ – were restricted to scoffing the carb-heavy side dish only once a week, sparking a fierce backlash. Jail bosses made the ...