The prison in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, will be a category C jail for up to 1,680 criminals. It is on the site of the old jail which closed in December 2012 because of its poor condition.

On 11/02/25 at Carlisle, without lawful excuse, damaged computer screens to the value of £300 belonging to Cumberland ...

Wellingborough resident Robert Cojocario has been jailed for his part in an 'unprovoked and violent attack' on man in ...

A defunct prison in Northamptonshire will be maintained as a reserve site when other jails are full, MP Peter Bone has said. The government closed the category C Wellingborough Prison at the end ...

The Ministry of Justice confirmed the former category C prison as the first site for potential redevelopment under the government's modernisation drive. It is part of a scheme to close old ...

Wellingborough Prison will close by the end of this year with the loss of almost 600 prison places, Kenneth Clarke said today. The Justice Secretary said closing the category C jail in ...

Rachel Stanton, 32, was working as a prison guard at HMP Five Wells when she had an relationship with Edwin Poole as he ...

Concerns over self-harm and drug use at Wellingborough prison need 'immediate action', inspector says. HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough opened in March 2022 and has more than 1,600 inmates.

Concerns over self-harm and drug use at Wellingborough prison need 'immediate action', inspector says. HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough opened in March 2022 and has more than 1,600 inmates.