UNBELIEVABLE: Hmp durham fac - Caught on Camera

Prisoners cheer as second phase of early release scheme begins

Some 5,000 prisoners are scheduled to be released in stages over the next year.

Evening Standard · Oct 13

Former actor guilty of assaulting ex-partner the day after early prison release

Heavily tattooed Jason Hoganson, 53, was photographed raising a thumb as he was released from HMP Durham on September 10 last year.

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025

Purse-snatching thief dies just days after being released from HMP Durham

Convicted thief Brian Kerr was released from prison but died just 10 days after his release

Chronicle Live · Apr 29, 2023

Rose West and Myra Hindley 'ended prison love affair after row over who was most famous'

Rose West and Myra Hindley are claimed to have had a romance while both were prisoners at HMP Durham - but their relationship quickly turned sour and there was no turning back

Daily Mirror · Sep 30, 2022

Prolific Tyneside thief jailed after leaving blood at scene during mobile phone crime spree

Michael Surtees had previously appeared on the Channel 4 documentary 'Prison' during a stint at HMP Durham

Chronicle Live · Jul 28, 2022

Evil, jealousy and romance: What really happened when Myra Hindley met Rose West behind bars

The gruesome pair are alleged to have briefly been lovers while locked up together in HMP Durham

Manchester Evening News · Jul 10, 2022

Convicted killer's brutal razor blade attack caused fellow HMP Durham inmate to lose an eye

Murderer Derek Pallas has been jailed a further 11 years for a gruesome attack which blinded a prisoner in one eye

Chronicle Live · May 3, 2022

New calls to solve over-crowding problem at HMP Durham as report finds inmates still sharing one person cell

There are also concerns about the lack of health checks prisoners receive on arrival, and the huge rise in the number of "unsentenced" inmates who have been at the remand prison for more than a year

Chronicle Live · Mar 24, 2022

HMP Durham prisoner 'lunged' at female prison officer with razor blade

Jonathan Adams, 24, 'rushed' at the prison guard in January 2020

Chronicle Live · Mar 11, 2022