A high security prison’s efforts to combat drug drones are being thwarted by heritage concerns over installing security ...

A new report says the government and prison service have been too slow to respond to "urgent threats" - as one prison plans to install drone-proof windows to stop the constant flow of drugs and ...

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 “It’s out of date to have a ...

A prisons watchdog has failed to produce required inspection reports into HMP Manchester for each of the last three years, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. It has led to a call for reform of ...

They were being held illegally by Strangeways prisoners in their droves. Police say they were being used to 'arrange drug deals, weapon drops and even plan violent attacks'. Now, hundreds of mobile ...

A 'milestone' vision for real change to the sprawling 'city fringe' area around Strangeways reveals plans for seven new and distinct neighbourhoods. Council bosses in Manchester have also repeated a ...

An inmate at Strangeways prison took his own life after telling his loved-ones he only allowed out of his cell for 90 minutes every day, a newly-published report has revealed. Lee Gorst was found ...

Hundreds of phones crushed after been seized from inmates Credit: MEN Media Hundreds of mobile phones have been crushed after they were seized from prison inmates. The devices, which police say were ...

It follows a a damning report and claims the skies over the high-security jail have been 'ceded to criminals' ...

A Strangeways inmate took his own life after informing his family he was only allowed out of his cell for 90 minutes each day, according to a recently released report. Lee Gorst, 35, was found dead in ...

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