We need control, not chaos.' Guards have been compensated after a spate of high-profile attacks in the past ten years, a staff member at HMP Bedford was given £600,000 after being attacked by ...

The Government has been accused of “running scared of rather nasty right-wingers” over plans to block new sentencing ...

New data obtained by Legal Expert revealed that between 2020 and 2024, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) paid out a total of £209,210.78 for injury claims made by prisoners at HMP Bedford ...

This was followed by HMP Styal in Wilmslow, Cheshire (864) and Bedford (841). HMP Wandsworth saw the highest individual number of assaults on staff, with 386 recorded in 2024, of which 27 were ...

Barbed wire and windows to cells on the walls of HMP Bedford (Joe Giddens/PA) The Government has been accused of “running scared of rather nasty right-wingers” over plans to block new ...