Prisons

HMP Garth

HMP Garth staff receive suicide prevention training after inmate death

Clive Cocking.

HMP Wymott staff criticised for failing to support suicidal inmate

HMP Wymott is a category C prison in Lancashire

Lancashire man who tried to kill 12-year-old dies in Leyland prison

Geoffrey Green, 77, has been jailed after sexually assaulting a young woman in the early 1990s

Man, 77, jailed for historic sexual offences at his equestrian yard

Publican Mark Tindill brutally killed Blackpool Market stallholder Lisa Chadderton, 44, in the flat they shared above Gillepsies, the pub he ran in Topping Street, Blackpool on November 27, 2017

Notorious Lancashire murderer and former pub landlord dies behind bars

HMP Lancaster Farms will see places increase from 584 to 824, with cells equipped with modern security features such as reinforced windows to tackle threats like drones carrying contraband.

Lancashire prison expansion will see capacity boosted by more than 40%

HMP Lancaster Farms will see places increase from 584 to 824, with cells equipped with modern security features such as reinforced windows to tackle threats like drones carrying contraband.

Lancashire prison expansion will see capacity boosted by more than 40%

Ulnes Walton is set for a third prison - but villagers hope they can prevent it (image: Ministry of Justice)

Contract signed to kickstart work on new 'super prison' near Leyland

(L to R) Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar, who were killed in the attack in Southport last July (Merseyside Police/PA)

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana ‘manipulating system’

Lancaster Farms.

Jail watchdog's ears over education cuts

Killer Charles Ng with his sister Betty at his lodgings in New Longton, Preston.

Serial killer who once lived near Preston moved from death row

HMP Lancaster Farms.

Man stays out of Lancashire prison for a matter of hours

HMP Garth near Leyland

Investigation into death of sex offender in Leyland prison

HMP Garth prisoner Shaun Newton has pleaded not guilty to murdering fellow inmate Tony Joynes, 47, who was found deceased in his cell.

Prisoner pleads not guilty to murder of fellow inmate

HMP Garth near Leyland

Prisoner charged with murder of fellow inmate appears in court

Councillors had to decide on the “narrow” issue of the energy centre for the approved new prison in Ulnes Walton

Chorley prison facility gets the green light as parking row reignited
Construction of a third prison in a Chorley village has moved a step closer after plans for the energy centre needed to power it were given the green light.
Paul Faulkner

Andrew Morris, 63, attacked a man in his 30s at a property in Lancaster in March last year. His victim, was vulnerable, with him suffering from anxiety and depression.

Predator jailed after raping vulnerable man in his 30s

Jamie Lee King, 33, is wanted on prison recall. He has links to Blackburn and Accrington

Do not approach warning issued for man wanted on prison recall

The collisiom between a biker and a lorry occurred on Friday, February 26, outside Preston Prison.

Police issue update on biker left seriously injured after lorry crash

Khumbulani Nyathi is wanted on recall to prison and has links to Nelson, Preston and Blackpool

Wanted prisoner has 'K’ tattooed on left arm

The late Adam Rogers

'My brother died in a one-punch attack - why I've forgiven his killer'

Preston Davey

Breaking Couple appear in court over death of 13-month-old baby boy

Former prison worker Jane Littler

Prison rehab worker supplied 'dangerous substances' to inmates

Kevin Thompson, 44, of no fixed abode, who spent Christmas Day drinking before getting behind the wheel and injuring children has been jailed.

Man jailed after injuring five people in Xmas Day drink-drive crash

Preston Prison

Man warned he faces 5 years behind bars if he refuses psych assessment

Police footage has captured the dramatic moment officers chased down a drug smuggler on the M6 in Lancashire

£300k prison drone drug smuggling gang brought down after M6 chase

Aaron Taylor, 32, was found dead at Garth Prison, near Leyland, in August 2023.

Man, 32, left heartbreaking note before his death
A prisoner found hanged in his cell left a note saying he was going through "mental torture" and "could not keep going", an inquest was told.
Emma Downey

Nigel Ogden, 58, has links to Preston and is wanted on recall to prison and is also wanted as part of police enquiries into offences of sexual assault, criminal damage, and section 47 assault.

Man, 58, wanted on recall to prison and sexual assault investigation

Prison

Trial to chemically castrate sex offenders in NW prisons gets go-ahead

Nathan Walters, 37, from Manchester was an inmate at HMP Lancaster Farms when he died of colon cancer.

Prisoner's family not told he was seriously ill with cancer for months

An open prison in Lancashire with the country’s worst record for inmate drug use has seen the problem worsen

Drug use at open prison rises despite new measures

A 39-year-old man from Derbyshire was arrested and taken into custody

Police capture drone loaded with drugs buzzing around prison grounds

HMP Wymott is a category C prison in Lancashire

Sex offender died in his cell - probe reveals care concern

HMP Wymott

Probe after child rapist died in his cell at this prison near you

Lancaster Farms. Inside the prison grounds. Picture by Darren Andrews.

This is how long prisoners are waiting for treatment at jail near you

Use of restraints has been questionned.

Prisoner put in handcuffs while in a coma - and died hours later

Burnley taxi driver Sajid Hussain lied to police when he was given two speeding tickets, and said he wasn’t driving and even went as far as to make a person up to cover his tracks

Taxi driver who made up person to police jailed

Anthony Paine, 35, killed himself at HMP Liverpool on February 19, 2018

Harrowing details of prisoner's last days emerge as investigation ends

Garth Prison, near Leyland

More prisoners on drugs at this troubled prison near you

HMP Garth

Prisoner arrived without critical medication & died 2 weeks later

Watch: Moment man caught smuggling drugs and tobacco into UK prison

The Lancashire prison governor who began a relationship with was a notorious criminal

How a prison governor's affair with a drug boss led to her conviction

Kerri Pegg has been jailed for nine years after having a relationship with a Liverpool drug gang boss

Breaking Prison governor jailed over relationship with drugs gang boss

Angry residents have condemned Housing Minister Angela Rayner for pushing through controversial plans to build a ‘super prison’ on the border of Chorley and Leyland

The new 'super prison' is a waste of lovely scenery - we have no say

Police are investigating an alleged attack on a prison officer by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana on Thursday.

Breaking Prison officer attacked by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

HMP Preston

Prison slammed over care of inmate who died of heart condition

HMP Wymott is a category C prison in Lancashire

The six-figure sum paid out to inmates injured at this prison revealed

Lancaster Farms Youth Offenders' Institution pictured in 2003.

Probe into death of inmate two weeks after arriving at this prison

Over £152k compensation paid for prisoner injuries at Lancashire jail

HMP Garth near Leyland

The staggering amount paid out over assaults at this under-fire prison

Kerri Pegg, 42, had been “naive and gullible” and taken advantage of by major Liverpool crime figure Anthony Saunderson, Preston Crown Court heard

'Naive' and 'gullible' prison governor was 'fooled' by drug boss

Kerri Pegg was tearful in the dock at Preston Crown Court

"I was incredibly stupid" - prison governor accused of corruption

Kerri Pegg, former governor of HMP Kirkham, arrives at Preston Crown Court where she is accused of two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of possession of criminal property

Prison governor had relationship with drug dealer inmate, court hears

This is the latest image of Jamie Cooper after he absconded.

Police share latest image of missing prisoner as search continues

HMP Wymott is a category C prison in Lancashire

Investigation after Lancs sex offender inmate dies of sepsis

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