Police are searching for a prisoner who has escaped from a Yorkshire prison - warning the public to call 999 if they see him.

The 26-year-old engaged in an “inappropriate relationship” with the inmate, including having “sexual communications via telephone.” ...

For three decades working at Leeds Prison, Steve Freer and Val Wawrosz could only watch as countless inmates walked literally straight back out into a life of crime at the end of their sentences.

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A manhunt is under way for an escaped prisoner last seen boarding a train. Liam Slater, 33, absconded from HMP Hatfield in ...

A separate report, external into the death of a terminally-ill patient at HMP Leeds has also been published by the ombudsman. Guy Paget, 73, died on 16 March 2021 in an ambulance in the prison ...

Violence is falling at a Leeds prison previously named as one of the country's most troubled, according to its latest inspection report. Inspectors found HMP Leeds had become less violent and more ...

Safety at Leeds 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".

With its towering 19th Century battlements, HMP Leeds may not look like the prison of the future. But the BBC has learned the jail, known as Armley Prison, will be the first ever publicly-run ...

Mark Ross admitted the manslaughter of Claudiu-Carol Kondor when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court by video-link from prison on Friday, but he denied murder. Ross, of Conference Road, Armley ...