Almost 250 extra cells will be created at HMP Wayland Prison near Thetford after extension plans were given the go-ahead.

Paul Cawkwell was badly beaten in the canteen at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, in July. Inspectors from the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB) said the prison had faced a "very challenging year".

An inquest has opened into the death of 42-year-old HMP Wayland inmate Peter Smith, who died while in custody at the Griston prison.

The first incident of Rahman's attacks occurred in the summer of 2017, when he attacked one inmate and two officers at HMP Wayland, HMP Lincoln and HMP Wakefield, using improvised weapons to stab ...

Inspectors said areas of drug misuse testing and treatment at HMP Wayland had "significantly improved" An inspection at a Norfolk prison has shown improvements in areas of drug misuse and health ...

The Norfolk prison HMP Wayland, where Graham Birchwood had been held since 2009, confirmed to SurreyLive that the former businessman died on September 9, 2019. It's understood that he died of ...

The 71-year-old was found dead in his cell at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, on 7 December. An assessment by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman concluded there was "no evidence" Giles was at risk of ...

Figures from the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service show there were 233 full-time equivalent prison officers working at Wayland Prison as of March 31. This meant the prison ...

Mark Woolley, 58, died of cancer at HMP Wayland in February last year, a Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report confirmed this week. Woolley was jailed for life in 2001 for the murder of 42 ...

Paul Cawkwell was badly beaten in the canteen at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, in July. Inspectors from the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB) said the prison had faced a "very challenging year".