Fewer full-time staff were working at Maidstone prison last year, new figures show. It comes as the prison workforce across England and Wales hit an all-time high. But a union raised concerns over the ...

An unannounced inspection of a jail has found it is well-led with steady improvements, but is being impacted by Home Office delays. Following a visit to HMP Maidstone in County Road, a prison ...

A man suspected of using a drone to deliver drugs to inmates at Maidstone prison has been arrested. Officers were told that a drone had been found within the grounds of HMP Maidstone in January, ...

A women's open prison is teaching its inmates to look after livestock, drive tractors and run an on-site farm. East Sutton Park Prison in Maidstone, Kent, allows people to work on the farm to supply ...