Ex-Dartmoor

... officer jailed JAMES Edward Adkins, 32- year-old former Dartmoor Prison officer, was sent to prison for four months by Tavistock Magistrates today. He pleaded guilty to conveying a letter from Dartmoor Prison, taking whisky and tobacco to a prisoner, and stealing ...

Published: Friday 05 August 1960
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 53 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

D CONVICT RECAPTURED

... D CONVICT RECAPTURED. The convict who escaped from Dartmoor Prison, Dartmoor, early yesterday morning, was nc& tured soon after midnight near Belliver Tor an t road to Morton Hampstead, and about four miles from the prison ...

Published: Tuesday 21 October 1913
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 36 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Prison assaults: urge ‘get tough’

... Prison assaults: urge ‘get tough’ A PETITION from Dartmoor Prison officers’ wives complaining of “feeble action” by the Home Secretary (Mr. Henry Brooke) over assaults by prisoners was received at the Home Office today. During the last six months, 10 ...

Published: Monday 25 March 1963
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 138 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Experts

... gelignite stolen from a Dartmoor prison quarry four days ago. Other detectives toured offices and basements in the area. dil ‘ Gelignite Only four days ago the theft of 41 sticks of geligmte and fifty yards of fuse from Dartmoor Prison quarry was notified ...

n Briefly... Dartmoor escape RED-FACED prison officials were today preparing to show the Home Secretary around ..

... around a prison - while three dangerous inmates were still on the run. Michael Howard is to go ahead with today’s trip to Dartmoor Prison despite the flight of the trio yesterday. Serbs warned THE UNITED NATIONS Security Council has warned Bosnian serbs of ...

Published: Friday 15 April 1994
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 81 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Bomb-in-jar probe at Dartmoor prison Police and prison officers are investigating how explosives got into the ..

... Bomb-in-jar probe at Dartmoor prison Police and prison officers are investigating how explosives got into the possession of prisoners at Dartmoor. A small bomb contained in a fish paste jar was found inside the prison. It contained niiroglycerine absorbed ...

Published: Tuesday 28 September 1971
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

CONCERT FOR CONVICTS

... of Plymouth’s J)antomime. “Cinderella,” and the Palace Theatre orchestra, yesterday entertained about 650 convicts in Dartmoor Prison Chapel for about ninety minutes. ; ...

‘Danger’ prisoners on run

... ‘Danger’ prisoners on run Police set up roadblocks today in their hunt for two men who escaped from Dartmoor Prison during the night. They said both could be dangerous and warned the public not to approach them although details of their offences were ...

RECAPTURED

... RECAPTURED A PRISONER who was on the run for a year has been captured. Paul Hillman, 31, failed to return to Dartmoor Prison, Devon, after home leave in June, 1993. He was arrested in Teignmouth, Devon, after a tip-off, and is now back at Dartmoor. ...

Road blocks for ‘Scarface’

... Road blocks for ‘Scarface’ ROAD blocks were still in ! operation on all roads from Dartmoor Prison today as police with tracker dogs kept up their search for Henry Arthur (“Scarface”) Brett (32), who escaped from a working party outside the. prison on ...

Published: Thursday 13 February 1964
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 45 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Death money

... being restrained in a prison cell has been awarded £50.000 agreed High Court damages. Dennis Stevens was found dead at Dartmoor Prison in October 1995 after being handcuffed for 24 hours. ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 41 | Page: 8 | Tags: none