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 ...

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 ...

Prisoner found in HMP Whatton cell by guards had been dead 'for some time' Paul Gobell covered his observation panel but a policy to respond to this was lacking according to ombudsman.

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 ...

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 ...

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At HMP Whatton in Nottinghamshire, the average wait for sex-offender treatment at the latest inspection last year was 14 months, with some prisoners waiting over two years.

Sex offenders at HMP Whatton in Nottingham have signed up to the government-backed pilot scheme in which the drug leuprorelin is used to inhibit high sex drives by cutting down levels of testosterone.

He was then transferred to HMP Hollesley Bay on October 20, 2021, but he was there for only two and a half weeks. He returned to HMP Whatton on November 4 and he was subject to a control and ...

Colleagues intervened, and Smith, 45, whose current address is HMP Whatton, was taken to the floor. Katrina Wilson, prosecuting, told the court Smith had described "seeing red" and apologised to ...

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 ...