A man has been charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner. Tony Joynes, 47, was found dead in his cell at HMP Garth, near Leyland, on July 13 last year. An investigation was launched by police and an inmate aged in his 30s was arrested at the category B Lancashire prison later that month […]
A prison officer has been jailed after smuggling £100k worth of drugs inside food tins into a prison and stashing them in a dishwasher. Julia Watson, 61, abused her position to sneak cannabis, ketamine and spice into HMP Garth in Lancashire. The ex-officer, of Cheetham Meadow, Leyland, Lancs., worked in the prison’s waste management unit and had been employed […]
A murderer who stabbed a officer with a self-made weapon at a Lancashire jail has been handed an additional 12 years in prison. Christopher Stubbs attacked the officer moments after morning unlock at HMP Garth in Ulnes Walton, near Leyland, on July 14, 2024. Stubbs, who is already serving a life sentence for murder, struck […]
Prison staff in England are increasingly missing work due to poor mental health, exclusive data shows. Officers say a lack of support, regular traumatic incidents and violence are factors behind the rise. “In my final weeks, it was very common to come in and see one of your colleagues’ names crossed off the rota because […]
Almost a third of prison officers at HMP Garth took at least one day off for mental health reasons last year, the fourth highest percentage in England. The figures relating to the high-security prison, near Leyland, Lancashire, obtained by the BBC through a Freedom of Information request, show the percentage had increased from 15% in 2019 […]
A former prison officer has admitted failing to carry out a check on an inmate who was later found dead in his cell because he was under “extreme pressure” at the time and his wife had just asked him for a divorce. Aaron Taylor, from Preston, was found dead in his cell at HMP Garth, […]
A woman who lives near a high-security prison has said the sound of drones humming overhead to drop contraband to inmates sounds “like a chainsaw”. Inspectors in November said HMP Garth in Ulnes Walton, near Leyland, Lancashire, had become “like an airport” with so many drones flying in drugs. Nearby resident Helen Williams said since […]
The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Garth have published their latest annual report in which they said: Main areas for development TO THE MINISTER The whole policy and process of staff recruitment needs to be reviewed and revised as a matter of urgency, because many of the operational problems within the prison derive from the […]
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Inspectors have conducted an inspection of HMP Garth and published their report today. What we found Not enough progress had been made since the full inspection in 2024. More prisoners had tested positive for drugs, with a huge increase in drones conveying them into the jail, while support for the most vulnerable prisoners had not […]
A prison inmate died two weeks after he was transferred to a Lancashire prison with staff failing to inform officers he had epilepsy. John Creevy was jailed for seven years in September 2015 after he was convicted of robbery and violent offences. He was initially imprisoned at Liverpool Prison before being transferred to Lowdham Grange […]
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