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Daniel Khalife: Escape of prisoner ‘indicative of state of prison service’, says Prison Reform Trust chief executive
We spoke to Pia Sinha, former governor of several prisons and now CEO of the Prisons Reform Trust.
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Lack of engagement on RAAC ‘worries’ Prison Officers Association
The chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales has said it would be “enormously concerning” if RAAC was found in their buildings – as they simply don’t have any spare capacity to shut down affected space.
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Revealed: Government spends millions on overspill prison cells in police stations
Prisons in England and Wales are so full that the government’s had to turn to police cells to house prisoners. We can reveal the cost is running into the millions. It’s called Operation Safeguard – an emergency scheme, allowing the Ministry of Justice to take over police cells and use them to lock up prisoners…
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FactCheck: government spends millions on overspill prison cells in police stations, exclusive data reveals
Some police forces told us they received six figure sums for providing cells that weren’t ever occupied.
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Debate: Can the welfare of children in custody be improved?
Poor conditions in England’s young offenders institutions are endemic, according to a prisons watchdog – which has issued new warnings about the way children are treated in jail.
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‘Prison system is broken and not appropriate place for pregnant women’, Birth Companions charity says
We spoke to Kirsty Kitchen from the Birth Companions charity which works with pregnant women and new mothers in custody, and down the line is Dr Miranda Davies – from the Nuffield Trust – who’s an expert on healthcare in prisons.
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Inside Lincoln Prison: The initiatives aiming to stop inmates from reoffending
A shortage of prison wardens in England and Wales is leaving many inmates locked in their cells for more than 22 hours in the 24 hour day- with an increasing risk they will re-offend.
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FactCheck: the gender reform row between Scotland and Westminster explained
What is the Gender Recognition Reform bill and how popular is it among Scots?
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Monkeypox reports at immigration centre and backlash to Braverman ‘invasion’ comment
A firebomb attack on an immigration processing centre in Dover was likely to have been sparked by ‘some form of hate filled grievance’, according to counter terror police – who have now taken over the investigation.
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Islamist gangs taking over prison wings, new report warns
A new report into extremism in prisons warns that Islamist gangs are taking over entire wings and have forced people to convert.
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China Winter Olympics: Human rights groups call for boycott over Uyghur suppression
A cross-party group of MPs has called for their pension fund to divest from companies linked to Xinjiang, the Chinese province where hundreds of thousands of Muslim Uyghur people have been sent to re-education camps and prisons.
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Pregnant women should only be in prison as an ‘absolute necessity’, says Tory MP
We spoke to Sir Bob Neil, the chair of the Commons Justice committee, about a report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman which highlighted a series of failures in the care of the teenager who gave birth at HMP Bronzefield in September 2019.
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Teenager whose baby died in prison was failed, report says
Multiple failings led to an 18-year-old woman giving birth alone in her cell to a baby which died in Europe’s largest women’s prison, a report has found.
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Prison and Probation minister hails ‘groundbreaking’ initiative for ex-offenders
We spoke to Prisons and Probation Minister Alex Chalk and began by asking him if he regretted the closing of the Change Grow Live project.
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Levi Roots on finding success against the odds
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/waystochangetheworld/LEVI_ROOTS_FINAL_AUDIO.mp3 Levi Roots is a musician, chef and businessman who found success after securing a £50,000 investment for his Reggae Reggae Sauce on Dragon’s Den. 14 years on, he dedicates his time to sharing his story in schools and prisons to inspire young people. Roots speaks to Krishnan about his journey from growing up with…