Residents fight plans for third jail near village
Plans to build a third prison near a Lancashire village could be decided in the High Court after campaigners launched a legal bid to block the project. People in Ulnes Walton, near Leyland, already ...
BBC19 天
Residents fight plans for third jail near village
as well as the adjacent high security jail HMP Garth. The Ulnes Walton Action Group (UWAG) is seeking permission to appeal against the government's decision to build a third prison, which would ...
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Assault claims in Lancashire prisons has cost more than £2.3m in last five years
In the past five years, claims against Lancashire prisons totalled £2,317,066.80, with the highest amount in 2023/24 standing ...
London Evening Standard25 天
Drones could lift inmates out of jails to escape, prison officers say
The latest warnings come after Mr Taylor likened another high-security jail, HMP Garth in Lancashire, to an “airport” because there were so many drones flying in drugs. And a report from ...
Sky25 天
Use of drones to fly weapons into prisons has become a 'threat to national security ...
The latest warning comes months after an inmate at high-security HMP Garth in Lancashire told inspectors the prison was like an "airport" because there were so many drones flying in drugs.
London Evening Standard25 天
Watchdog warns of ‘national security threat’ from drone drug drops to jails
The latest warning comes after Mr Taylor likened another high-security jail, HMP Garth in Lancashire, to an “airport” because there were so many drones flying in drugs. And a report from ...
The Daily Telegraph25 天
Drone-flying drug gangs ‘seize control of prison airspace’
The latest warning comes after Mr Taylor likened high-security jail HMP Garth in Lancashire to an “airport” because there were so many drones flying in drugs. A report from Independent ...