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Dads behind bars: teaching inmates to put kids before crime
Britain’s biggest prison, HMP Parc, runs a groundbreaking reform programme reinforcing inmates’ links with their children to prevent re-offending. Channel 4 News has been given unprecedented access.
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FactCheck: where in Britain will Syrian refugees live?
Britain has pledged to take in 4,000 Syrian refugees a year until 2020. Will they, like asylum claimants, end up living in the country’s poorest areas?
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Yarl’s Wood detention centre becomes ‘a national concern’
Controversial immigration detention centre Yarl’s Wood has been branded “a place of national concern” after a damning report from the prison watchdog.
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Yarl’s Wood: undercover in the secretive immigration centre
The treatment of detainees inside the notorious Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre is revealed in exclusive footage obtained by a Channel 4 News investigation.
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2014 in immigration: from EU arrivals to Ukip defections
It began the year as a relatively quiet issue. Then along came the Ukip surge, a shock European election and two Conservative defections. Here we look back at the last 12 months of immigration.
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What could life be like in prison for Oscar Pistorius?
Oscar Pistorius is found guilty of the manslaughter of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and now faces up to 15 years in prison – but what fate lies ahead for the Blade Runner behind bars?
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Detainees paid pin money to paint, clean and serve food
Detainees at immigration detention centres across the UK are working for as little as £1 an hour, carrying out work that could potentially save private contractors millions of pounds each year.
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Serco to repay £68m for wrongly billed electronic tagging
Security giant Serco agrees to repay the government £68.5m wrongly charged for electronic tagging of offenders. G4S is referred to the Serious Fraud Office for a second time over another contract.
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Fake criminal scandal wipes millions off value of Serco
Millions were wiped off value of Serco today, after the fake criminal scandal and a government freeze on new contracts saw its profit outlook plunge.
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Burka escapee terror suspect ‘claiming damages’
Burka terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed is seeking damages from the government in a human rights legal challenge involving allegations of torture.
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Unsafe, violent and drug ridden: government’s ‘model’ prison
The UK’s largest and newest privately run jail, described by the justice secretary as a model for prisons, is condemned as unsafe, violent, with very poor offender management and health service.
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Serious Fraud Office to consider Serco tagging investgation
The government hands over material to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to security giant Serco over allegations of serious mischarging for the electronic monitoring of offenders.
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Drunk and disorderly? Pay to stay in the ‘drunk tank’
Drinkers who can’t look after themselves should be put in privately-run cells until they sober up – and then pay a fee for the privilege, says a police chief, fed-up with intoxicated revellers.
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Grayling ‘scraps legal aid competition plan’
The government is ditching plans to award legal aid contracts to the lowest bidders, following criticisms it would reduce justice to a “factory mentality”, according to reports.
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Police to investigate Serco staff over prison van fraud
Police have been called in after a government audit uncovered potentially fraudulent behaviour by Serco staff working on a £285m contract to deliver prisoners to and from court.