A prisoner has died and two others were critically injured in a stabbing at HMP Pentonville, leading to claims the prison system is in a "dark place". Jamal Mahmoud, 21, died at the London prison ...

"If we want a prison system that works, and that no longer relies on using historic anachronisms like HMP Pentonville, we have to end our love affair with imprisonment. "That must start with a ...

The BBC was recently given exclusive access to HMP Pentonville, in London, a prison with more than 1,200 male inmates. We were shown weapons confiscated by staff that prisoners made or got hold of ...

The justice secretary has said even under the government's plans to open 14,000 more prison places, they could still run out of space over the next few years. Shabana Mahmood told the BBC that ...

The UK should "make more use of open prisons" to avoid overcrowding and reduce reoffending, the man leading the government's ...

Connor Richings never wanted to leave the confines of HMP Pentonville’s towering 18-foot walls. With just £12 in his pocket ...

inmates were bitten by venomous false widow spiders while at Hollesley Bay prison in Suffolk an inmate was bitten by a rat while sorting through rubbish. At HMP Pentonville, the rat infestation ...

Pentonville Prison, London. (Anthony Devlin/PA) Since September the Government has been freeing thousands of inmates early in a bid to cut jail overcrowding by temporarily reducing the proportion ...

Wayne Bayley was found unresponsive in a cell on the healthcare unit at HMP Pentonville on 17 May 2022, 10 hours after being restrained by prison officers in response to him raising concerns about ...