Nowadays, it's rare to hear of a successful jailbreak from a prison in the UK. Years of lessons learned in the design of detention facilities and modern deterrents such as scanners for those entering ...

Strangeways’ tower has loomed over Bury New Road for 157 years, a stark 71-metre reminder to Mancunians that some of Britain’s worst criminals are right on the city centre’s doorstep. But the ...