Records of the prison date back to the late 1400s under King Henry VII, according to Smithsonian Magazine. A parliamentarian’s servant called it “a most vile prison” where their legs were shackled and ...

A hospital security guard has been sentenced for possessing and distributing hundreds of illegal child abuse images via ...

Proposed names for a new Leicestershire prison will "inflame" residents, according to a councillor. The Ministry of Justice has suggested three names for a new prison set to be built next to HMP ...

A rchaeologists have uncovered new evidence about 2,000 years of human activity beneath Leicester’s market place – including ...

A Leicester woman hid illegal drugs in her pants when visiting her murderer son in prison after being made to listen over the ...

T hree "deeply insensitive" names have been shortlisted for Leicestershire's new super-prison. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it received more than 80 suggestions for names for the prison ...