A nurse has been struck off after she was handed a nine-month suspended sentence in January 2025 for smuggling a phone into HMP Durham ...
An "overcrowded" prison where violence is on the rise needs to improve, a watchdog has said. The Independent Monitoring Board's (IMB) latest report said HMP Durham had seen assaults on staff and ...
Prisoners inside the overcrowded HMP Durham have been making drugs with shower gel and toothpaste, it has been revealed. Overcrowding, increased violence, self harm incidents and a growing drug market ...
A convicted rapist who repeatedly stabbed another Durham Prison inmate with a shank while waiting to be sentenced has been locked up for a ...