Daniel Khalife who fled prison and went on the run 'given heroes welcome' at Monster Mansion
Daniel Khalife was met with cheers and back-slapping from fellow inmates who congratulated him on his dramatic escape after ...
Sweet dreams: From prison to baking at Dreamville
Keijuane Hester has gone from being behind bars to baking up a dream. The Durham native is preparing to serve thousands ...
Theatre company 'saved me' says former prison inmate
A former prisoner has claimed she only survived her time in jail thanks to a Newcastle theatre company.Cheryl Byron was ...
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Prison population now higher than when the government came to power, study shows
A study by the Howard League for Prison Reform shows that there are now more people behind bars than there were when the ...
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Senior officer ‘should have been disciplined’ after suicide at Durham prison
After a man remanded in HMP Durham took his own life the day he arrived, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has criticised ...
‘Scandal hidden in plain sight’: Death toll of abolished jail term climbs to 94 after fresh wave of self-inflicted deaths in prison
Exclusive: Prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms continuing to take their own lives, say campaigners, as government ...
MDMA dealer who smuggled drugs into prison jailed
A major drug dealer who was caught importing MDMA into the UK and was later part of a gang smuggling illicit goods into ...
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HMP Durham criticised for improper use of restraints on inmate
A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has revealed that a disabled inmate was improperly restrained at HMP Durham.
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Theatre company 'saved me' says former prison inmate
Cheryl Byron was serving a two-year prison sentence for drugs offences at HMP Low Newton, near Durham, when she was introduced to Open Clasp in 2013. Before she began working with the group she ...