Strangeways has frequently made headlines, not just for the serious criminals and murderers it houses. A report released in ...

The Category A men's prison was rebuilt following the infamous Strangeways riots of April 1990, which claimed the lives of ...

The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) says overcrowding and lack of space is making it more challenging to keep gangs apart ...

“If you’re in the midst of addiction, don’t give up and surround yourself with recovery because it will save your life.” The ...

The Royle Family's Ricky Tomlinson has been a TV icon for decades so it's understandable fans are keen to know all there is ...

FROM busting drug rings to guarding notorious serial killers, Dame Vanessa Frake-Harris has lived a life few could imagine.

Ricky Tomlinson is a national comedy treasure who was behind the unforgettable Jim Royle in BBC’s hit sitcom The Royle Family ...

Paraguay a few months ago launched an operation to address some of the many problems plaguing its prison system, including ...

THIS is the first look inside the UK’s newest prison – which has no cells, prisoners are given pocket money and even murderers get to sleep in a double bed. Britain’s first ...

A new BBC series, Inside Barlinnie, features archive footage of the prison’s execution chamber from a film one of our ...

Foster, who was 24 when he was jailed in 2004, was said to have taken 'sadistic pleasure in tormenting and burning young ...

A U.S. indictment unsealed in the District of Columbia claims that the leader of one of Mexico's most violent gangs continued ...