Two prison officers from Dorset have spoken of their fear of being attacked by inmates every time they go to work. Tony Walker and Andy Dubber, from HMYOI Portland, said they had been assaulted ...

Following this, Jo Farrar, chief executive of HM Prison & Probation Service, has written a letter about how this will support staff at HMP Portland.

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The UK's only prison ship will close in two weeks, the prison service says. HMP Weare, berthed at Portland, Dorset, was described as "merely an expensive container" by chief inspector of prisons Anne ...

Cheryl Gillan said the redundant role of HMP Weare, at Portland, Dorset, was a "shocking indictment of the government's failing prison policy". The Home Office confirmed there were no plans to re-open ...

So Portland's prison ship – Britain's first and only prison ship – was closed down. The ship was built in the 1980s as a barracks for troops, before being shipped to New York where it was used ...

Two prison officers from Dorset have spoken of their fear of being attacked by inmates every time they go to work. Tony Walker and Andy Dubber, from HMYOI Portland, said they had been assaulted ...