The number of prisoner escapes has increased as staffing numbers are cut, MPs have warned. Assaults on staff, suicides and self harm are also up, s...

Donning a slinky lilac dress, a flowing black wig and white bra, drug trafficker Ronaldo Silva managed to slip past prison guards and make a sultry es...

Police hunting for a violent prisoner who went on the run after being sprung from the clutches of two prison guards as they escorted him to hospital h...

A manhunt was under way after two prison officers were threatened at gunpoint and forced to release a prisoner on Wednesday. No one was hurt in the...

Detectives hunting an "extremely dangerous" murder suspect who escaped from a prison van following a "well-orchestrated armed ambush" have arrested a ...

A 'dangerous' murder suspect is on the run after a van taking inmates to court was ambushed today. Police have issued an urgent appeal for informat...

A prisoner has escaped after a van taking inmates to court was ambushed today, sources said. The prison van was stopped by a car and its driver thr...

PRESS ASSOCIATION An armed gang has sprung two prisoners from a security van. Police were called to Trinity Way in Manchester following reports ...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A woman has been caught trying to sneak her common-law husband out of a Mexican prison in a suitcase following a conjugal visit. ...