A GROUP of current and former prisoners are planning to sue the Government over alleged exposure to harmful radon gas at ...

Last summer the prison was closed as inspectors found high levels of radon gas. The inmates were moved to other prisons and staff relocated. A report last month showed that, since the closure the ...

The B3357 is blocked in both directions near Dartmoor Prison due to a fallen tree. Devon Alert advises motorists to take alternative routes and allow extra time for their journeys this afternoon.

According to the Ministry of Justice, 2023/24 saw 114 assaults on prison staff per 1,000 inmates, equating to over eight assaults per day. Accident Claims reported that staff injury claims against HMP ...

A California woman was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison after she was arrested on a weapons charge and found with heroin-filled Bibles addressed to inmates in state prisons. Lucresia ...

Dartmoor prison will reportedly stay closed for a further three years due to the presence of radioactive radon gas in its ageing buildings. The category C men’s jail in Devon, built in the early 19th ...

Successive governments trying to look "tough on crime" have driven the rising prison population which forced the early release of thousands of inmates last year, a review suggests. The report by ...

It was not clear what led to the tensions that escalated between inmates and corrections officers, but prison staff deemed conditions were unsafe and pulled staff back into a visitors' area ...

But his life took a different turn at the age of 25, when he was sentenced to more than two decades in prison for being an ... were as many as 1,300 inmates – part of a prison firefighter ...

Tommy Johnson, the department’s director, says the inmates are partly to blame. Simoné Nanilei Kamaunu continues to wait for some of the IDs she needs for work since her release from prison.