Among those locked up were a man who paralysed his partner after years of coercive abuse, a father who admitted the manslaughter of his six-week-old son, organised crime figures running large-scale drugs networks across the county and offenders targeting vulnerable children.
Here are 27 criminals sentenced last month, and the crimes that put them behind bars:
13. Christopher Spelman
Christopher Spelman, 66, of no fixed address, was jailed for 10 months at Swansea Crown Court after breaching sex offender notification requirements by failing to register an address and travelling the country while living in a tent. | Lancashire Police
14. Zion Yearwood and Ryan Njoroge
Zion Yearwood, 25, of Oxford, and Ryan Njoroge, 21, of no fixed address, were jailed for four years and eight months and three years respectively at Preston Crown Court after heroin and crack cocaine worth up to £13,500 were found in a car outside a Burnley takeaway. Both pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply. | Lancashire Police
15. Arafat Akhtar
Arafat Akhtar, 38, of Blackburn, was jailed for 21 months at Preston Crown Court after striking a man with a metal bar outside a Blackburn cinema. His brother Sufyaan Akhtar, 23, received a 12-month suspended sentence for his role in the same assault. | Lancashire Police
16. Stuart Williams
Stuart Williams, 57, formerly of Moore Street, Blackpool, was jailed for 12 years at Preston Crown Court after being found guilty of 17 sexual offences, including crimes against children. He was caught after messaging people he believed were 12 and 13-year-old girls online, later found to be police officers, and investigators also found Category B and C indecent images of children on his phones; further historic offences were reported in Penwortham and Lytham, including one committed while he worked as a school caretaker. | Lancashire Police