These images offer a fascinating glimpse at life inside the Merseyside jail where inmates can wear their own clothes, have phones in their cells and care for birds of prey. The ECHO was allowed a rare ...

An investigation is underway after a prisoner died at HMP Altcourse. Colin Taggart, 61, died at the privately-operated prison in Fazakerley on July 20. A probe has been launched by the Prisons and ...

The cause of death for two HMP Altcourse sex offenders has been revealed after they both died within months of each other last year. After the death of Garth Walker in March 2024, followed by that of ...

A prisoner was found dead in a doorway just two days after he was released from prison. Johnson told the nurse he was a regular cocaine user and was taking methadone, used to help with opioid ...

What started as an anonymous tip-off quickly grew into a disturbing insight into life behind bars at HMP Liverpool. The problems inside the UK's prisons are not new and have been well-documented - ...

A man charged with stealing controlled drugs from a paramedic's bag died days after he was released from HMP Altcourse. Independent investigators the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) confirmed 55 ...