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 ...

An investigation is underway after a prisoner died at HMP Altcourse. Colin Taggart, 61, died at the privately-operated prison in Fazakerley on July 20. A probe has been launched by the Prisons and ...

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 ...

Over a third of inmates at one of the UK's busiest prisons tested positive for drugs with debts leading to terrifying threats and gang-related violence. Privately-run HMP Altcourse in Fazakerley has ...

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 - ...

Investigations into two Merseyside prisons have found high volumes of drug use and targeted organised crime groups, reporting by the Liverpool Echo showed. Problems at United Kingdom prisons are not ...