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

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A group rallied outside HMP earlier this week calling for greater access to mental health supports for those who are incarcerated and struggling. The health authority says each inmate who enters the ...

Helen Spree, 61, was the chair of the independent monitoring board (IMB) at HMP Liverpool before her arrest for misconduct in public office and conspiring to convey prohibited articles into prison.

Bickerdike entered Morris’ cell at HMP Wakefield, on January 7, 2023, distracted him and then attacked him from behind. Leeds Crown Court heard that the 26-year-old struck him with an unknown ...

Wills appeared for sentence via prison to court video link from a special unit at HMP Wakefield where he has been transferred since the incident at Frankland. Recorder Mark Giuliani said the ...

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Andrew Beadie, 28, has been charged with attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to Reynhard Sinaga at HMP Wakefield on 4 July 2023. Mr Beadie was scheduled to appear before Leeds Magistrates ...

“My 15-year-old son died. And yeah, my life just spiralled from then really.” We’re inside HMP Downview – one of 12 female prisons in England and Wales. “I feel like I needed help more ...

A teenager murderer "distracted" a serious paedophile and then attacked him in his cell at HMP Wakefield. Declan Bickerdike, 26, was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years in 2018, for ...