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AN alleged accomplice was a "key player" in planning a "professional robbery" from his prison cell, a court hears.

AN alleged accomplice was a "key player" in planning a "professional robbery" from his prison cell, a court hears.

Erlestoke is a men’s prison in the village of Erlestoke, Wiltshire.

By Advertiser Reporter Wiltshire High Sheriff Sir Charles Hobhouse at Monkton Farleigh Manor, where he is hosting a fete on Saturday WILTSHIRE High Sheriff Sir Charles Hobhouse will put Swindon charities who help tackle mental health issues front and centre at a fundraising fete at his home on Saturday. STEP Swindon and Youth Adventure Trust will be among 10 grassroots charities running stalls at the annual event at Monkton Farleigh Ma...

A new book provides a scathing look back at “all the things that went wrong” in prison history in England. Available today (April 8) Prison Governor’s Journal, by Brendan O’Friel, provides fresh insights into the workings of prisons – including examples of unusual events - and raises new and difficult “unanswered questions”. Among those questions is why pre-emptive action was not taken to prevent the riots of April 1986, in which the-then young offender establishment at Erle...

TWO people have died as a result of an outbreak of Covid-19 at Erlestoke Prison near Devizes, it has been revealed. They include a prison facilities maintenance contractor who was near to retirement and prisoner Christopher McDonagh, 56, who died in hospital on February 25. The contractor worked for Gov Facility Services Ltd, which does maintenance work on prisons across the south. Confirming the deaths, a Prison Service spokesperson said: “HMP Erlestoke prisoner Christopher McDonagh ...

Pleas have been made for people across Devizes to not become complacent in the last stretch before lockdown lifts.

Police dog Conan helped track down a suspect after items were thrown into Erlestoke Prison.

Man jailed for longer after vicious assault on fellow prisoner "Hopefully it sends a message that although a person may already be in prison, no one is above the law" (Image: Wiltshire Police) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or serv...

Inmates harmed themselves hundreds of times while behind bars at Erlestoke Prison in a year, figures reveal.