Michael Spurr, chief executive of HM Prison & Probation Service, said: "I am pleased that the chief inspector has commended the high quality of work being done at Wakefield which is a credit to ...

The convicted killer who murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne in 2000 has been stabbed at a top security prison. Roy Whiting is serving a life sentence at the maximum security HMP Wakefield for the ...

The Prison Service said Farrant, 74, died at HMP Wakefield on Friday. The children of victim Glenda Hoskins said his death had ended an "agonising two months" since they heard he was being ...

John David Hall could instead be transferred to an open prison in preparation for his eventual release. The 53-year-old worked as a senior warden at HMP Wakefield, when he carried out many of the ...