Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley were sentenced following the death of little Preston Davey, and prison insiders say ...

But the Local Democracy Reporting Service understands talks between city leaders and the Ministry of Justice are ongoing about potentially closing the Victorian-built jail. “It’s out of date to have a ...

Inexperienced staff are being 'manipulated' and 'ignored' by inmates at Strangeways, posing a threat to national security, a damning new report has revealed. It comes amid concerns about 'uncontrolled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prison officers working with some of the country's most dangerous inmates at HMP Manchester will be required to wear body armour.

A Wigan teenager caught smuggling a mobile phone into HMP Strangeways has been given a suspended jail sentence.

A convicted double murderer has passed away while serving a life sentence at Strangeways prison in Manchester. An investigation into the death of Thomas Haigh has since been launched. Haigh was 40 ...

Nezam Ghalate launched a frenzied attack on his wife of 25 years on 2022 ...

A drone being used to smuggle contraband into the grounds of a prison has been recovered by guards, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. It is thought to have been flown in from outside HMP ...

An inmate with a string of convictions who arranged for prison officers' cars to be torched while he was behind bars has had his jail term increased. Drug dealer Samuel Walker, 37, caused trouble at ...