A prisoner found with two homemade weapons claimed he needed them for protection after false claims started circulating that he was a sex offender. Following a tip-off, prison officers at HMP Lindholme in Doncaster visited Matthew Davis’ cell and asked him if he was in possession of anything he should not have been. Describing what […]
Police are investigating an allegation that a HMP Swansea prisoner was sexually assaulted in his cell by another inmate. A South Wales Police spokesman said it received a report on Tuesday 18th March that a sexual assault was alleged to have taken place in the jail on Monday 17th March 2025. “An investigation into this […]
Police have confirmed they are investigating an alleged sexual assault at HMP Parc, the Category B prison in Bridgend. The incident is understood to have taken place in early February, with another prisoner alleged to be the suspect. A South Wales Police spokesman said: “A police investigation is underway following a report of a sexual […]
MPs are to probe how prisons and probation are being run in Wales, the Commons Welsh affairs committee has said. Although the Westminster government is responsible for criminal justice in Wales, the Welsh administration runs overlapping services like health, housing and education. The committee will take evidence from a range of groups on how joined-up […]
A prisoner at HMP Peterborough has had a year added to his sentence after attacking another inmate with a key. Orrin Lindsay, 35, had what appeared to be a minor disagreement with the victim as they queued for medication at the prison on 20 May. Shortly after leaving the queue the victim went to Lindsay’s […]
Inmate at HMP Garth is seriously hurt in ‘prison napalm’ attack – Lancashire Police launch enquiry A police investigation has begun after an inmate was seriously assaulted at Garth Prison in Leyland. The man, in his 20s, was targeted in an attack using a combination of boiling water and sugar – known colloquially as a […]
Welsh prisons have become more dangerous over the past year, a report has shown. From prisoner-on-prisoner assaults, violence against staff, self-harm incidents and drug-related deaths, the report found there had been a “drastic deterioration”. Homelessness when prisoners are released is also on the rise. The Ministry of Justice said the new government “inherited prisons in […]
A prisoner has been awarded more than £5m in damages by a high court judge because of “life-changing” injuries he sustained after being stabbed in prison. Steven Wilson, 36, sued the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) after a convicted murderer stabbed him several times with a 22cm (9in) knife in July 2018 while working in the canteen […]
A prison inmate raped a fellow convicted sex offender after telling him he “wanted him to feel like his victims felt”. Rahmijah Hindes had been serving a sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage girl as she walked home from a chip shop when he committed the brutal attack on his cellmate. It came after the […]
Three Leicestershire prisoners accused of murdering a fellow inmate are set to face trial next year. Shaan Karim, 38, Thierry Robinson, 21, and Ashirie Smith, 18, are charged with the joint murder of another inmate at HMP Fosse Way, in Glen Parva, on Tuesday, August 20. The 31-year-old alleged victim, named in reports as Mahir Abdulrahman, […]
The Government have confirmed that lethal Razor blades, used for self-harm and lethal attacks on prisoners and staff are to be banned – from 30 prisons over the next year Learn More >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced
Seven prisoners have appeared in court accused or robbing and wounding a man inside HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester. Omar Chaudhry, 29, Ahrfan Hussain, 44, Aqib Jawaid, 26, Gavin Garwood, 34, Vladyslav Yakymchuk, 29, Ryan Hodge, 31, and Zain Shah, 24 have all be charged with one count of robbery and one count of wounding/inflicting grievously […]