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A man charged with stealing controlled drugs from a paramedic's bag died days after he was released from HMP Altcourse.
Safety at Altcourse 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".
Stephen Bird was found dead from hanging in his cell in HMP Altcourse on 8 September 2023, just four days after having ...
A man killed himself just days after arriving at a Liverpool prison and claiming he had killed someone, a report found. Stephen Bird was remanded to HMP Altcourse on September 4, 2023, after he ...
Richard Burrows, 80, of HMP Altcourse, was found guilty of 54 offences committed between 1968 and 1995 including indecent assault of boys, buggery, attempted buggery and indecency with a child ...