International best-selling author Lee Child has visited prisoners as part of a scheme to raise literacy levels inside jails.

Extra workshops are being built at HMP Doncaster after an inspection report highlighted a lack of activities for prisoners. When HM Inspectorate of Prisons visited the men’s reception and ...

Shared cells in an overcrowded South Yorkshire prison are "often too small to maintain decency and privacy", inspectors have reported. HMP Doncaster, which houses young adults and men, held 1,115 ...

Prison staff member had highlighted they needed first aid training 'several times' ...

Two people have been jailed for plotting to smuggle drugs and phones into a prison using drones. Ricky Smith, 39, and Jade Brannan, 35, both pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring contraband into HMP ...

A bus service connecting Doncaster city centre and a local prison is to be continued, a mayoral authority has said. Transport officials from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) said it ...

The governor of HMP Lindholme in Doncaster has been dismissed, HM Prison Service confirmed. The service did not say why Rob Kellett was no longer in post but a spokesperson said: "Where staff fall ...

A privately-run prison has been heavily criticised for locking up inmates in cells without electricity or running water for more than two days. HMP Doncaster, which is run by security giant Serco, is ...

A snap, unnannounced inspection at a Doncaster jail has uncovered a number of problems – including drugs, overcrowding – and a lack of care for inmates who self-harm. Did you know with a Digital ...