Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said tackling drugs was the key to Stoke Heath being able to "flourish" [GOV.UK] ...

An inmate at a Shropshire prison attempted to escape over the wall using a make-shift rope made from bedsheets, a court heard Sign Up to our digest of the biggest court cases heard in Shropshire each ...

A company has been given the go-ahead to extend a quarry - provided it starts work later at weekends so inmates in a nearby prison can have a lie-in. Bosses at HMP Stoke Heath in Shropshire convinced ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jonathan Alcide is due to go on trial in September [BBC] A prisoner has pleaded not guilty to murder after an inmate was found ...

Inspectors have found psychoactive drugs were "freely available" at a prison, and there were "very high" levels of self-harm among inmates. The unannounced inspection took place in February and March ...