Prisons in the press – 28 October
Posted: October 28, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Criminal Justice Select Committee, Key Change, PITP, Scotland, violence, youth justice Leave a commentScotland’s falling prison population and the play that could change Government policy
An idea born behind prison bars could soon change government policy. Image: live.org
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Prisons in the press – 30 Sept 2016
Posted: September 30, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: legal highs, Mobile phones, overcrowding, self-harm, staffing, suicide, use of force, violence, women, women in prison, young offenders, youth justice Leave a commentEasier to get drugs than clothes or bedding in English prison
Source: Chris Grey on Flickr
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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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HMP Bedford condemned in latest Chief Inspector of Prisons report
Posted: September 29, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs, HMP Bedford, Spice, suicide, violence 1 CommentEasier for prisoners to get drugs than clothes and bed sheets in Bedford Prison
Category B and resettlement HMP Bedford Prison. Image: LawPages
HMP Bedford condemned for rising rates of suicide, violence and “easy access” to illegal drugs in latest Chief Inspector of Prisons report
Grim situation getting worse says HM Inspectorate of Prisons
Posted: July 22, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs, HMI Prisons, HMIP report, mental health, violence, YOI Leave a commentIncreasing drug use and escalating violence across the prison estate
Chief Inspectorate of Prisons releases 2015 report
“I have found that the grim situation referred to by Nick Hardwick in his report last year has not improved, and in some key areas it has, if anything, become even worse” says Peter Clarke, Chief Inspectorate of Prisons.
Prisons in Parliament
Posted: May 31, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: HMP Kennet, Michael Gove, PIP, Prison reform, violence, young offenders Leave a commentHMP Kennet next to close announces Gove
HMP Kennet to close. Image: Liverpool Echo
HMP Kennet, Merseyside, is the next “ageing and ineffective” prison to face to axe, Michael Gove announced last week.
Prisons in Parliament
Posted: May 16, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: HMP Wormwood Scrubs, PIP, Prison staff, violence Leave a commentWormwood walk out typical of the dangers and problems across the prison estate says Minister
Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London. Credit: David Merrigan.
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Prisons in the press – 8 April
Posted: April 8, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs in prison, Fire, private prisons, rehabilitation, reoffending, violence Leave a commentWhat’s the difference between a Suffragette and a prison?
The answer is a single letter… Image: Barry
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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.
Private prison providers fined £3.7m for contract breaches since 2010
Posted: April 7, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Andrew Selous, deaths in custody, G4S, Jo Stevens, Ministry of Justice, Peter Dawson, Prison Reform Trust, prisons, private prisons, suicide, Victoria Seabrook, violence Leave a commentFigures ‘low,’ gov claims, but campaigners highlight increase in violence
Fined: private companies receive financial penalties for contract failures. Photograph: x1klima
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Doncaster Prison ‘certainly cannot be allowed to get any worse’
Posted: March 31, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: assaults, HMP Doncaster, Inspectorate of Prisons report, segregation, self-harm, staffing, violence Leave a commentPrisoners too frightened to leave their cells
HMP Doncaster: “This report describes a very poor prison”
The Serco-run HMP Doncaster has come under heavy fire in the latest HMP Inspectorate of Prisons report. Too many prisoners reported feeling unsafe and were at risk of violence or self-harm.
Prisons in the press – 18 March
Posted: March 18, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Michael Gove, overcrowding, Prison reform, radicalisation, suicide, violence Leave a commentReform, radicalisation and rotor blades
Gove at this year’s Conservative party conference. Photo: The Conservative Party
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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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