We asked readers at HMP Hewell to send us a review of the prison – the good, the bad and the ugly. Here’s what you told us ...

HMP Hewell inmate Mesut Olgun, from Bristol, was arrested after a violent struggle during which he slashed his own throat, the court heard A prison worker deliberately missed checks on a ...

An "open" prison described as "squalid, demeaning and depressing" by inspectors is being closed down. About 200 prisoners at the Grange, which is on the site of HMP Hewell, Worcestershire ...

But last year prison officials ordered 381 pieces of outsize clothing for inmates ranging from 2XL up to 7XL, up from 256 in 2023. A report into HMP Hewell, near Redditch, Worcs, found it was not ...

Safety at Hewell 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". Figures ...