IT was once the world’s most famous prison – now Dartmoor is an empty shell. Murderers, serial killers, gangsters, spies – ...

a prison spokesperson has said. HMP Dartmoor has been closed since July 2024 after high levels of radon were discovered at the site. About 175 inmates were moved to other prisons due to the ...

But in the preceding years a programme of new-for-old jails was outlined in November 2015 which was suspended in 2017 when the number of inmates rose. A review last autumn confirmed that the old, ...

were discovered in the rocks surrounding the prison. Over 600 inmates were quickly shipped out to other locations. Ironically, breaking up those same Dartmoor rocks was part of the 'hard labour ...

Adam then approached the Governor Bridie Oakes-Richard last March to see if a choir could be started at Dartmoor Prison. “By the end of the meeting with the Governor we had set a date in July for our ...

About 175 inmates were moved from the prison after radon gas was found The future of Dartmoor prison is set to be decided when the government looks at its spending plans this summer, a prison ...

THE partner of a Dartmoor Prison officer has complained about the way staff have been treated over the ongoing ‘temporary’ closure of the prison at Princetown. The prison has been closed since last ...

HMP Dartmoor, which is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, is leased to the Ministry of Justice for £1.5 million annually - and ...