“By working closely with both the Metropolitan Police Service and HM Prison & Probation Service we have been able to ensure that someone who was prolifically using drones to fly prohibited items ...

Greenwich resident Mahamood Diallo Blin, 26 was sentenced to six years and 11 months in jail on Monday, 24 February at Snaresbrook Crown Court. The Met Police has warned that smuggling drugs into ...

Amy Rees, director general and chief executive of HM Prison and Probation Service, told the Public Accounts Committee last month that the contractor’s collapse could lead to the closure of ...

The government has now withdrawn £5m in funding which the previous administration had promised to Frome's Cheese and Grain venue and Shepton Mallet's Amulet theatre in Somerset. The government ...

The prison memo was issued on the same day that a new group of transgender women rushed to court to try to stop their transfer from all-female prisons to all-male facilities, saying that the move ...

The ECHO previously reported that Spree's arrest in October 2021 followed a joint investigation by the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit and HM Prison and Probation Service's counter ...

The future of one of Britain's oldest prisons is now secure thanks to new owners. Shepton Mallet Prison, located in Somerset, has officially been bought by Cove Group, which marks a brand new chapter ...

The future of one of Britain's oldest prisons is now secure thanks to new owners. Shepton Mallet Prison, located in Somerset, has officially been bought by Cove Group, which marks a brand new ...

In December 2024, the National Audit Office reported that HM Prison and Probation Service no longer expects to deliver that capacity until 2031. As of September last year, only 6,500 of the places had ...

Shepton Mallet Prison, which dates back to 1610, has long faced an uncertain future. However, the purchase means the former jail can now be preserved, restored, and potentially developed into a ...