Blood-splattered walls, rat infestations, broken windows, smashed furniture and damp and mould were all found in the decrepit ...

The skies above Strangeways have been 'ceded to organised crime gangs' using drones to smuggle drugs and weapons to some of ...

Organised crime gangs have effectively taken over the airspace above two high-security prisons with drones used to drop drugs ...

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said drones dropping drugs and weapons have become a 'threat to UK national ...

Worcestershire's HMP Long Lartin has already seen “large payloads of illicit items” carried into the category A prison via ...

Drones could be used to airlift escaping prisoners, a union has warned.

The full extent of the filthy and squalid conditions inside crisis-ridden Strangeways have been laid bare in new images ...

Watchdog warns weapons and phones are being delivered to inmates with the devices, posing a threat to national security ...

The UK’s top prison inspector has warned drug drones are a national security threat, as inmates burn holes in their windows ...

In October a damning report said organised crime is rife in HMP Manchester. Inspectors found inmates face 'catastrophic levels' of drugs, high rates of violence and a rat infestation. The prison, ...

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor accused the police and Government of giving up control of airspace above HMP Manchester ... previously known as Strangeways, included inmates burning ...