Children in prison in England & Wales suffer state-sanctioned abuse
Posted: June 23, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: children, Frances Crook, Lord Carlile, prison, Restraint systems, segregation, solitary confinement, strip searches, The Howard League for Penal Reform Leave a commentNew report on restraint, segregation & strip searching of children in prison
Source: Howard League for Penal Reform
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Child prisoners in England & Wales are subject to unlawful restraint, extended solitary confinement and random strip-searches according to a new report by the Howard League for Penal Reform.
The Carlile Inquiry 10 years on says that the “illegal, systemic, physical abuse of children, sanctioned by the state” continues a decade after an independent inquiry by Lord Carlile of Berriew QC called for reforms. Read the rest of this entry »
Solitary confinement in the UK in the words of prisoners and staff
Posted: January 21, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Close Supervision Centres, mental health, Prison Reform Trust, segregation, self-harm, solitary confinement, suicide 5 CommentsDescriptions of the system from the inside
Credit: Prison Reform Trust
We did a post a couple of weeks ago about the solitary confinement of prisoners in Britain. We wrote about the damage to both their physical and mental health caused by long periods in segregation units and Close Supervision Centres (CSC).
But now prisoners and staff tell the story in their own words.
What you need to know about solitary confinement in prisons in England & Wales
Posted: January 7, 2016 Filed under: Facts & stats, News | Tags: Close Supervision Centres, independent monitoring board, men, mental health, Muslim, restricted regime, segregation, solitary confinement 1 CommentSegregation units harm both mental and physical health
Credit: Prison Reform Trust
Prisoners held in solitary confinement in England and Wales are kept in hopeless enclosed spaces that can damage both their physical and mental health. A disproportionate number of inmates are Muslim and some are mere teens. Many stays are short, but some are held for years at an annual cost of £100,000.
Home Office’s embarrassing U-turn on immigrants held in solitary confinement
Posted: October 13, 2015 Filed under: Detention Centres, News | Tags: detention centres, Home Office, immigration detention, solitary confinement Leave a commentHome Office confuses hours with days
The UK Home Office appears to know little about the immigration detention centres it is supposed to oversee.
It has revised figures it provided to Prison Watch UK in June showing how long UK immigration detainees are being locked in solitary confinement. It says that numbers originally labelled as days are in fact hours.
Solitary confinement suicides in British prisons at 9-year high
Posted: June 10, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: mental health, Prison and Probation Ombudsman, segregation, self-harm, solitary confinement, suicide 1 CommentMore prisoners held in segregation units are taking their own lives
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Suicides among British prisoners held in solitary confinement are at their highest in nearly a decade. Many who have taken their own lives were identified by prison authorities as being at risk of self-harm or suicide. Read the rest of this entry »
