The 54-year-old former star of Grange Hill and London's Burning was found dead at HMP Bure in Norfolk. Source link

Bryan Larkin stars in Jailbroken, an 87-minute, real-time psychological thriller set entirely inside a single prison cell. Source link

Becky Morton,Political reporterandDamian Grammaticas,Political correspondentGetty ImagesForeign nationals working as prison officers in the UK have been given a temporary exemption from new visa rules, following warnings some jails were ...

A former crypto entrepreneur who was behind two digital currencies that collapsed and lost an estimated $40bn ($29.9bn) has been sentenced by a New York judge to 15 years ...

Daniel Wainwright, Gerry Georgieva and Nicholas BarrettBBC VerifyGetty ImagesThe recent cases of prisoners being mistakenly released has put a fresh spotlight on the demands facing the justice system.Prison overcrowding, ...

Katie Hunter andGeorgina HayesBBC ScotlandMarshall FamilyAllan Marshall died four days after being restrained by prison officersThe Scottish Prison Service has admitted that the death of a man in custody ...

A sex-cult leader who brainwashed and abused children will not be transferred to an open prison despite a parole board's recommendation.Colin Batley was jailed in 2011 after being found ...

Jonny HumphriesBBC News, Preston Crown CourtLancashire PoliceElias Morgan killed father-of-three Lenny Scott in an "act of retaliation"A gangland "executioner" who waited four years to take revenge on a prison ...

BBCHashem Abedi faces three counts of attempted murder, one of assault and one of possessing a knife in prisonThe brother of the man who carried out the 2017 Manchester ...

Prison officers dealing with violent inmates in high security jails should be armed, the shadow justice secretary has said. Robert Jenrick told the BBC that specialist guards should have ...

Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into an attack on three prison officers by Hashem Abedi, one of the men responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing.The officers sustained life-threatening ...

US Justice DepartmentThe aftermath of an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Oregon, pictured in court documentsUS Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Thursday that three defendants accused ...