Figures from the Ministry of Justice show 228 assaults were recorded at Wakefield prison the year to September – up from 222 ...

Short sentences and recall periods are keeping offenders in a longer cycle of going to jail, LBC has heard, as we went behind ...

Violence at HMP Wakefield has soared by 63 per cent in ... a rise of 63 per cent. In the past year prisoners have also made an astonishing 2,644 official complaints. Among them 84 of the ...

The head of the independent sentencing review has told LBC he wants to see some women’s prisons being shut down and used to ...

Britain’s most prolific rapist who is serving a 40 year prison sentence for 159 sex attacks is facing deportation to ...

Prisoners at HMP Wakefield have been on a restricted diet after breaking their deep-fat fryers Credit: Alamy Jail bosses made the controversial decision after six fryers broke or were smashed up ...

Trouble flared at HMP Wakefield after problems with deep fat fryers conking out meant chips are now served on a rota basis ...

Officers at the Wakefield Coroner's Office request assistance tracing the relatives of Stephen Makin, aged 66, who resided at ...

Alvin Ray Quarles, 62, has been placed in Borrego Springs, while Merle Wade Wakefield, 67, has been placed in Campo.

A former West Yorkshire Police officer has been jailed after admitting driving offences. Ex-PC Abdul Iqbal, who worked in the Kirklees district as a student officer, was arrested on suspicion of drink ...

Two men classified as sexually violent predators have been conditionally released to separate homes in San Diego County, ...

INMATES at Britain’s most notorious prison had chips taken off the menu because they couldn’t be trusted to cook with the deep-fat fryers. Lags at HMP Wakefield in Yorkshire – nicknamed ‘Monster ...