Seven HMP Birmingham inmates have died in 2025, sparking investigations as prison deaths continue to rise, it can now be revealed. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, required to investigate every ...

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The situation at Winson Green has been dubbed “of particular concern” ...

More than 11 self-harm cases are recorded every week at Birmingham Prison, in what experts are calling “a national scandal”. New Ministry of Justice figures show there were 593 cases of self-harm ...

A prison officer has found himself on the other side of the bars after being convicted of taking illegal drugs and psychoactive substances into HMP Birmingham. Richard Stack, from Kingstanding Road in ...