These images offer a fascinating glimpse at life inside the Merseyside jail where inmates can wear their own clothes, have phones in their cells and care for birds of prey. The ECHO was allowed a rare ...

A man charged with stealing controlled drugs from a paramedic's bag died days after he was released from HMP Altcourse. Independent investigators the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) confirmed 55 ...

The cause of death for two HMP Altcourse sex offenders has been revealed after they both died within months of each other last year. After the death of Garth Walker in March 2024, followed by that of ...

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 ...

A prisoner brutally assaulted his cellmate by throwing a kettle of boiling water over him while he was asleep. Danny Smith carried out the brutal assault at HMP Altcourse after an argument over using ...

A career criminal was branded a “violent, inhumane coward” as he was jailed for a minimum of 45 years for killing a former prison officer. Elias Morgan, 35, shot father-of-three Lenny Scott after the ...

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