London gang rivalries are fuelling violence at a “fundamentally unsafe” jail in the Midlands, staff suspect. An inspection report noted that HMP Onley, near Rugby in Warwickshire, has taken a rising ...

A convicted killer who threw boiling water in the face of a prison officer has been handed an 11-year extended sentence, police said. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you ...

A prison officer who plotted with an inmate to smuggle illegal drugs and mobile phones into the jail where she worked has been jailed. Tori Muddyman, 31, was caught after police were tipped off in ...

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