Safety at Pentonville prison has reached a crisis point, new figures suggest. It comes as a workers' union has warned the increase of violence in prisons across England is "totally out of control".

Violence at Pentonville prison has increased by more than 50% since 2017, a watchdog found "Government neglect" has "directly contributed" to the rise in violence and drugs at HMP Pentonville ...

"I am confident this will stabilise the prison through additional staff, enhanced training and X-ray style security to reduce the illicit drugs which drive violence." Both HMP Pentonville and ...

Prison staff injury claims at HMP Pentonville in Islington have cost more than £650K since 2019, with workplace assaults & ...

Prisoners were put to work sewing mailbags and coal sacks. Pentonville prison in London was the most famous prison that was run as a separate prison. It was designed specially with wings radiating ...

In the 1840s there was another surge of national prison-building after the use of transportation slowed down. This began with Pentonville prison in London, which opened in 1842. By 1850 ...

London prison healthcare was worse than the national average for men's prisons in key areas, according to prisoner survey ...

More information has been revealed at a meeting on prison officer recruitment on the evolving “Enable” training programme for ...

On Wednesday at Kingston Crown Court, Dixon was handed 17-year extended prison sentence and Loring a 14-year prison sentence for conspiring to rob and conspiring to burgle. Dixon appeared via CVP from ...

Drone-flying drug gangs have seized control of prison airspace in a move that ... a bag containing drugs in the direction of HMP Pentonville in London and was subsequently seized by officers ...