Staff at a scandal-hit local prison have reported a host of poor working conditions including no running water and lack of protective kit. Prison officers at privately-operated HMP Altcourse have ...

Philip Pope had a history of substance use, anxiety and depression ...

THE number of mobile phones being smuggled into Altcourse prison in Liverpool is rising, according to a new report. The Fazakerley jail was singled out for its “lack of progress” installing a deviator ...

What started as an anonymous tip-off quickly grew into a disturbing insight into life behind bars at HMP Liverpool. The problems inside the UK's prisons are not new and have been well-documented - ...

A probe has been launched after a 92-year-old man died in HMP Altcourse. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), which independently investigates all deaths in custody, confirmed it launched the ...