HMP Durham is a Georgian era local Category B men's prison, located in the Elvet area of Durham. The prison, built in 1819, is a Reception Prison serving the courts in the Newcastle, Durham ...

After a man remanded in HMP Durham took his own life the day he arrived, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has criticised ...

Glen Adrian was found hanged in his cell on March 8, last year, at HMP Durham. The 27-year-old was the seventh prisoner to take his life at the prison in three years and the fourth in four months ...

A former prisoner has claimed she only survived her time in jail thanks to a theatre company. Cheryl Byron was serving a ...

At 10pm Alshbli was found hanging in his cell. Paramedics who were already at HMP Durham due to a separate medical incident attended within one minute of the emergency call being raised. Alshbli was ...

William Dawson, who was known as Billy the Bump, died at HMP Holme House after being transferred from HMP Durham for end of ...

A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has revealed that a disabled inmate was improperly restrained at HMP Durham.

The Prison and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has criticised HMP Durham over the use of restraints on ill prisoners ...

Ahmed Alshbli arrived at HMP Durham on November 2, 2022, when he was remanded in custody for various offences including harassment, assault, and coercive behaviour in his relationship.

HMP Durham has once again been criticised over its use of restraints on ill prisoners after a double amputee with "severely limited mobility" was taken to hospital restrained. A Prisons and Probation ...

Authorities are investigating the death of a child rapist at a women's prison. The body of Rebecca Holloway was discovered at ...