Aerial view of HM Prison Frankland & Long Newton Prison, County Durham, UK. Picture: Alamy A source told the Sun: “The prisoners were all locked up when Sharif was brought in this week, so no-one ...

Frankland prison, home to killers such as Ian Huntley, Wayne Couzens and Levi Bellfield, is one of the most notorious prisons in the country, and has earned the nickname ‘Monster Mansion’ due ...

Safety at Frankland prison has reached a crisis point, new figures suggest. It comes as a workers' union has warned the increase of violence in prisons across England is "totally out of control".

The 43-year-old suffered cuts to his neck and face and received medical treatment inside the prison. It is understood ... when Sharif was brought into HMP Frankland, in County Durham, this week ...

A "prison within a prison" to segregate extremists is "successful" but "claustrophobic", a report has found. The separation centre at HMP Frankland in Durham operates as a "microcosm" of a normal ...

An "unpredictable" inmate at a top security prison slashed the neck of a fellow inmate for no apparent reason, a court was told. Brian Sole used an improvised bladed weapon fashioned from two ...

An inmate serving a life sentence at Durham’s Frankland Jail for murder carried out an unexpected assault on a prison officer opening cell doors on a corridor. Among the doors being opened on J ...