Cannabis is now the drug of choice in HMP Altcourse following a crackdown on mind-bending drugs like Spice. Violence has also fallen at the privately-run jail, previously viewed as one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man who was banned from entering several supermarkets and high street shops was found dead in his bed on Boxing Day just days ...

What started as an anonymous tip-off quickly grew into a disturbing insight into life behind bars at HMP Liverpool. The problems inside the UK's prisons are not new and have been well-documented - ...

Investigations into two Merseyside prisons have found high volumes of drug use and targeted organised crime groups, reporting by the Liverpool Echo showed. Problems at United Kingdom prisons are not ...

A man charged with stealing controlled drugs from a paramedic's bag died days after he was released from HMP Altcourse. Independent investigators the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) confirmed 55 ...

The officer was taken to hospital where his condition was described as "stable", a Merseyside Police spokesman said. He said the force was investigating an "assault of a member of staff at HMP ...