Prosecutor Holly Rust explained that the prison officer had been working at HMP Dartmoor for more than 20 years and at the time of the offence was working in the segregation unit. Patterson had been ...

Notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, once celebrated as the first female self-made billionaire, broke her silence in her first interview from a federal prison in Texas. Holmes was ...

Between 1813 and 1815 about 6,500 Americans were imprisoned at Dartmoor. Conditions were harsh and, after a riot, seven Americans were shot dead. After the war it was empty until 1850 when it was ...

HMP Dartmoor was temporarily evacuated in 2023 and again in 2024 following the discovery of the gas. Credit: PA. A category C men’s prison in Devon is to remain shut for a further three years ...

“For instance, I wrote Mad Blood Stirring, which was a fictionalised version of the true story of the first black production of Romeo and Juliet, which took place in Dartmoor Prison in 181 ...

IT was once the world's most famous prison - now Dartmoor is an empty shell. Murderers, serial killers, gangsters, spies – and even the president of Ireland – have done time there. But the ...

The Prince of Wales is receiving over one million pounds of taxpayers' money from a vacant prison that may never reopen. HMP Dartmoor, which is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, is leased to the ...

For example, the Ministry of Justice pays the Duchy of Cornwall $1.9 million annually to use Dartmoor prison, amounting to a substantial 25-year deal worth over $48.6 million. Additionally ...

People have gathered on Dartmoor to campaign for the right to wild camp. In January 2023 Dartmoor landowner Alexander Darwall succeeded in the High Court in a case against the Dartmoor National ...

The Ministry of Defence said HMP Dartmoor was "temporarily closed", but local people said they were concerned it would not open again All inmates have been moved from Dartmoor prison, the Ministry ...

A prison is being temporarily shut and its inmates moved out after a radioactive gas was discovered in the cells. Over the next two weeks around 175 inmates will be evacuated from HMP Dartmoor ...

In Dartmoor Prison's early years it was incredibly crowded with appalling conditions. Between 1813 and 1815 around 6,500 American prisoners were held there. It closed shortly after, before ...