The number of assaults on staff in adult prisons in England and Wales per year has reached its highest level in a decade, new ...

Prison officers need to have stronger protection against attacks by inmates, their union has demanded after four assaults in ...

Prison officers need to have stronger protection against attacks by inmates, their union has demanded after four assaults in ...

Linda Calvey, known as the Black Widow, has lifted the lid on what it was like to be in prison with some of the UK's most ...

SOUTHPORT monster Axel Rudakubana can still buy jail treats such as Maltesers and McCoy’s despite attacking a guard with ...

A prison officer has been stabbed by a prisoner with a knife feared to have been brought into the high-security jail by a ...

A woman from Houghton-le-Spring has been fined over £1,200 for dumping a large amount of waste on a popular dog walking route ...

A suspect who shot himself in the custody of the Durham police was connected to the death of a teen in early May. Another juvenile was also taken into custody in connection with this incident.

Police have appealed to the public for help to locate a missing man from County Durham. James Allen, 25, was last seen in the ...

SERIAL killer Rose West is considered among the most sadistic murderers in British history. Rose tortured and murdered 10 young women, alongside her husband Fred, at their House of ...

Understaffing, aging infrastructure, and more inmate assaults are all issues plaguing the Durham County Detention Center.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office had a busy Memorial Day weekend, making 10 arrests between Friday and Monday. Shortly after 9 a.m. Friday, Corporal Salinas conducted a traffic stop in the 1100 ...