The Latest Breaking News from Prison

County lines drug rings see criminal networks in large cities in England expand their reach into Welsh communities using local drug dealers to bombard customers and organise deals through phone lines with secret names

The Prison Officers’ Association has blamed the huge compensation bill on the Tory failure to tackle the jail staffing crisis, with inmates not getting the entitlements required by law

Paedophile Michael Thurman wrote of HMP Five Wells: 'At last I am in a prison where, as a form of respect, the guards use our Christian names and told us theirs.'

Perverts, violent thugs and rapists were among those caged in our region

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver faces having two 'mega jails' built near his picturesque home in Essex - and locals are up in arms about it

The transfer of Tiffany Scott - formerly known as Andrew Burns - from HMP Low Moss, near Glasgow, to a women’s prison was blocked after plans by Scottish Prison Service became known

Benjamin Bibby and Andrew Wilcock will be sentenced to life in prison

The Irish Prison Service is currently drafting a policy for the management of transgender prisoners

A video posted in early January 2023 showed the leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner with a mercenary who was described as Ivorian. By analysing posts shared on social networks and talking to people who knew him at different times in his life, the FRANCE 24 Observers team managed…