Jason McQuoid died in hospital on March 2, 2021, after being found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Risley, in Warrington.

A man killed himself just days after arriving at a Liverpool prison and claiming he had killed someone, a report found.

Stephen Bird was found dead from hanging in his cell in HMP Altcourse on 8 September 2023, just four days after having arrived at the prison. An investigation by the Prisons and Probation ...

Concerns were raised about the safety of drinking water in HMP Altcourse after letters were posted under inmates' doors regarding a possible contamination. The ECHO was told that inmates on one ...

Stephen Bird was remanded to HMP Altcourse on September 4, 2023, after he was arrested and charged with intent to supply class A drugs. When he arrived at the prison, he told a nurse that he had ...

A former scout leader and school housemaster was arrested for sexual offences against young boys after spending 27 years on ...

The Runcorn and Helsby MP is expected to serve 40 per cent of his 10-week sentence inside medium security HMP Altcourse, where ex-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy was held on remand ...

Burrows, of HMP Altcourse, had already pleaded guilty to another 43 offences, including indecent assault of boys, making indecent images of children, possession of indecent images of children and ...

Safety at Altcourse prison has reached a crisis point, new figures suggest. It comes as a workers' union has warned the increase of violence in prisons across England is "totally out of control".

Richard Burrows, 80, of HMP Altcourse, was found guilty of 54 offences committed between 1968 and 1995 including indecent assault of boys, buggery, attempted buggery and indecency with a child ...