HMP Whatton has about 800 inmates A Nottinghamshire prison has been branded as "inhumane" for its housing of inmates.

Europe's biggest prison for sex offenders is in Nottinghamshire. How does it try to rehabilitate the inmates, asks Rex Bloomstein. "Whatton's a great leveller," says Lynn Saunders, governor of HMP ...

The short inspection at HMP Whatton follows concerns raised about aspects of its work such as resettlement. In 2008, it was the scene of the sexually-motivated murder of a 28-year-old by his ...

A prisoner who was found deceased in his cell by prison guards at HMP Whatton had been 'dead for some time', according to an investigation into his death. The prisoner had covered the observation ...

A coroner has warned that more people could die at a Nottinghamshire prison after an inmate took his own life in his cell. Paul Gobell was found with a ligature around his neck at HMP Whatton ...

Around 100 jailed paedophiles in British prisons have agreed to undergo chemical castration in a bid to lower the rates of reoffending. Sex offenders at HMP Whatton in Nottingham have signed up to ...

An inmate put a prison officer in a headlock and began to squeeze, leaving her struggling to breathe and feeling light-headed, a court heard. The incident at HMP Whatton, a Category C men's prison ...

They include two deaths at HMP Littlehey, a category C prison for male sex offenders in Cambridgeshire, and further deaths at HMP Lindholme, Serco-operated HMP Fosse Way, HMP Whatton and HMP ...

A new report has provided a glimpse into life at a Nottinghamshire prison housing hundreds of dangerous sex offenders. HMP Whatton, in the village near Bingham, holds around 850 male prisoners who ...

Farrow, originally from Cookridge in Leeds, was being held at HMP Whatton, a category C prison in Nottinghamshire as of 2024.

HMP Whatton is a medium security prison in Nottinghamshire which holds up to 801 prisoners convicted of sex offences. Mr Gobell was the 15th prisoner to die at Whatton since November 2019.

The Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB) report on HMP Whatton is critical of prisoners still being housed in three or four-bed dormitories. Inspectors also highlighted concerns that toilet ...