Three prisoners were taken to hospital after a disturbance broke out at HMP Deerbolt, The Northern Echo understands.

A large number of prison guards in riot gear have stormed a North East prison. Dozens of staff wore helmets and carried ...

Five inmates at County Durham's monster mansion died in just eight days last month - including one on Christmas Day. Investigations into each of their deaths are underway, with Prisons and Probation ...

A man who raped and murdered a schoolgirl has died in a County Durham prison. Viktors Dembovskis, who was serving three life ...

A man smuggled drugs into a North East prison and passed them to a prisoner hidden in a packet of biscuits. Peter Dawson ...

Stephen Ansbro, 63, died behind bars in HMP Frankland less than three years into his sentence (Image: Durham Police) Ansbro was serving a life sentence with a minimum tariff of 18 years for murder.

A savage murderer who knifed his neighbour to death at the sheltered accommodation complex where they lived has died in jail.

Peter Dawson was seen pretending to pick something up from the floor before placing the drugs on a packet of biscuits, a ...