[3] The prison was in the news again in January 2003, when it emerged that inmates at Full Sutton were being paid as an incentive to learn to read and write.

[4] On 4 September 2005, 77-year-old conman Sidney Noble, known as "Doctor Death", was taken hostage in his cell by fellow inmate Ian Magowan.

The man responsible was Damien Fowkes, an inmate who also attacked fellow child killer Ian Huntley, who survived.

[10] In August 2018, category A inmate John Onyemaechi launched an attack on staff and began a fire in a prison wing's kitchen.

[11] On 13 October 2019, Richard Huckle – one of Britain's most persistent convicted child sex offenders, serving twenty-two life sentences – was murdered in the prison.

Employment and training is also available in various prison workshops including, textiles, contract services, Braille transcription, catering and industrial cleaning.

In September 2019 the local council passed an application for the construction of a "mega prison", with 1,440 inmates, at Full Sutton, despite nearly 3,000 objections, including one from Humberside Police.