During the War of 1812, many American ships were seized, and many men were imprisoned in the notorious Dartmoor prison in England. Dartmoor was originally built as a prison for French prisoners during ...

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth, Prince William has taken over his father’s roughly $400 million property portfolio, known as the Duchy of Cornwall. Among the estates passed down to William ...

A project between an abstract artist and inmates at Dartmoor Prison is providing a fascinating insight into life behind bars during the Covid crisis. Once a week, artist Sara Downham-Lotto meets a ...

The future of Dartmoor prison is set to be decided when the government looks at its spending plans this summer, a prison spokesperson has said. HMP Dartmoor has been closed since July 2024 after high ...

Plans to close Dartmoor Prison in 2023 have been scrapped. The Prison Service has confirmed the government has reversed its decision on the future the medium security men's prison at Princetown. The ...

Around 60 prison staff, prisoners and former inmates of HMP Dartmoor have launched legal action over radon levels. Solicitor Mladen Kesar said he was acting on behalf of more than 500 claimants in ...

Shrouded in mist and legend, the desolate uplands of Dartmoor in southwest England are perhaps best known as the setting for Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic story “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Yet ...

A convicted child predator who was jailed for sex assaults on two girls died in prison from natural causes, an inquest has heard. Fred Vickery was part way through his sentence at HMP Dartmoor for ...