Prisons in the press – 9 March
Posted: March 10, 2017 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs, HMP Strangeways, PITP, Spice, women in prison Leave a commentDrugs seized 30 times a day and a murder suspect released by mistake

Credit: Guillermo Ruiz, Flickr
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Prisons in the press – 17 February
Posted: February 17, 2017 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs, Liz Truss, Mobile phones, PITP, Spice, wrexham prison Leave a commentPrisons rife with Spice and contraband in crisp packets

Prison visitor tried to smuggle drugs and phones in crisp packets. Image: Umami
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Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
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Overcrowding and staff shortages at HMP Cardiff
Posted: December 15, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Assault, drugs, HMIP report, HMP Cardiff, overcrowding, The Howard League for Penal Reform 1 CommentPrisoners can spend up to 27 hours in cell without clean clothes and bedding report finds

Prison cell at HMP Cardiff where men can spend up to 27 hours at a time. Image HM Inspectorate report
Holding 770 male adult prisoners, HMP Cardiff was originally designed for 539 men. Amid overcrowding and understaffing, the latest inspection report found cells in a poor state, increasing availability of drugs and rising violence.
Prisons in Parliament
Posted: December 8, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Drones, drugs, Mobile phones, PIP, White Paper Leave a commentWhere’s the beef behind the White Paper?

Crack down on drones, but how? Asks minister. Photo: Richard Unten
Prisons in Parliament brings you up-to-date on the last week of politics and prisons. What’s been said? And by whom? Get it all here.
Crack down on drugs, drones and mobile phones promises Truss
Posted: November 7, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Drones, drugs, Mobile phones, overcrowding, staffing, White Paper Leave a commentJustice secretary announced White Paper prison reforms in parliament this week

Liz Truss: First female Lord High Chancellor. Image: Dominic Lipinski/PA, The Guardian
Prisons in Parliament brings you up-to-date on the last week of politics and prisons. What’s been said? And by whom? Get it all here.
Prisons in the press – 4 November
Posted: November 4, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Drones, drugs, Liz Truss, Mobile phones, PITP, rehabilitation, suicide Leave a comment2,500 more officers to be recruited to fight the war on drugs, drones and mobile phones

Eagles could soon be used to down drones. Image: Don McCullough
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Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
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Prisons in the press – 7 October
Posted: October 7, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: deportation, drugs, hm inspectorate of probation, illegal highs, legal highs, prison riot, probation, radicalisation, staffing Leave a commentProbation overhaul criticised, more prison officers and trouble at Maghaberry

WTF by a prisoner called Peter at HMP Dovegate. Source: Prison Watch UK
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Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
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