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Man who murdered his wife among two further deaths at Welsh prison

A man who murdered his wife and a teenager are the latest deaths at a Welsh prison where nine inmates have died in just over two months. David Maggs, 73, and Michael Horton, 19, died within an hour of each other at HMP Parc in Bridgend, South Wales, ...

07 May 2024 at 15:56

Reopening prisons probe is top priority for Welsh committee, chairwoman says

Reopening an inquiry into Welsh prisons following a series of deaths at HMP Parc is a priority for a reformed Commons committee, according to its new chairwoman. Four members of staff at Parc prison were arrested on suspicion of assault and ...

04 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Minister calls for drugs in prisons to be treated as public health issue

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has called for the problem of drugs in the UK’s jails to be treated as a public health issue, as MPs heard of the deaths of 17 inmates at Parc prison in South Wales. Four members of staff at the prison in ...

11 Dec 2024 at 12:31

Drugs brought in to prisons in children’s nappies, MPs told

Contraband is brought in to prisons in “children’s nappies” and through the use of “drone drops” by organised criminal gangs, MPs have been told. This came as prisons minister Lord Timpson called for the use of drugs in UK jails to ...

11 Dec 2024 at 14:57

Prison officer denies having ‘inappropriate relationship’ with inmate

A female prison officer has pleaded not guilty to having an “inappropriate relationship” with an inmate. Ruth Shmylo, 25, from Pontypridd, South Wales, denies becoming involved with the male prisoner at the category B jail HMP ...

18 Oct 2022 at 15:26

Woman wants lessons learned after finding out via Facebook that abuser was dead

Woman wants lessons learned after finding out abuser died on Facebook

A woman who was abused by a swimming teacher when she was a child has said lessons must be learned after nobody alerted her that he was dead. Robert Rixon, 77, who was serving a 25-year sentence at HMP Parc in Bridgend for ...

18 Jul 2024 at 19:07

Four people arrested amid ‘concerns’ about staff conduct at prison

Four people have been arrested on suspicion of assault and misconduct in public office at a prison where a series of inmates have died in the last year. South Wales Police arrested the people, who are all staff at HMP ...

20 Sept 2024 at 15:36

Prisoner released ‘without support for mental illness’ before knife rampage

A university worker was unlawfully killed on a night out by a paranoid schizophrenic who was released from prison months earlier “without any support in place for his serious mental illness”, a coroner has ruled, as ...

08 Mar 2024 at 14:38

Leaked messages show prison staff joking about violence towards inmates

Leaked messages from a prison where 17 inmates died last year show staff laughing at beating inmates and joking about self-harm. The messages, seen by the PA news agency, show one staff member at HMP Parc, a ...

02 Apr 2025 at 14:01

Prison nurse jailed for exchanging ‘flirtatious’ calls and texts with inmate

A prison nurse has been jailed for engaging in “flirtatious” calls and text messages with an inmate. Elyse Hibbs, from Manchester, admitted misconduct in public office by having an “inappropriate ...

18 Oct 2022 at 18:45

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