The former chairwoman of a prison monitoring board has appeared in court charged with having inappropriate relationships with serving prisoners and conspiring to smuggle drugs into HMP Liverpool.

Four prison staff had to be taken to hospital after being assaulted at a jail in Liverpool, their trade union has said. The Prison Officers Association (POA) said the attacks happened against a ...

The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) has exclusively told the ECHO that a vote of no confidence regarding HMP Liverpool’s governor was held last week at a meeting. The POA’s national chair ...