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‘Prisons are powder keg ready to blow’ – Labour’s shadow justice minister
Labour has promised to deliver 14 thousand more prison places by building new prisons to help ease the overcrowding crisis.
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Prisons ‘in such a bad situation’ says Justice Select Committee Chair
We spoke to Conservative MP and chair of the Justice Select Committee, Sir Bob Neill.
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Court appearances delayed as overcrowded prisons put in emergency measures
Prisons in England are now so full that people newly charged by the police are having their court appearances delayed because there might not be a cell available if they’re sent to jail awaiting trial.
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Britain’s prisons have been ‘wrecked by ideological vandalism’, says former prison governor Ian Acheson
The state of Britain’s prisons is under renewed scrutiny as report after report describes more and more jails as overcrowded, filthy places, rife with vermin and violence.
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How drugs are smuggled into UK prisons
The rehabilitation of offenders is one of the stated aims of His Majesty’s prison service.
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Mentally ill prisoners need proper secure hospital treatment or society faces ‘greater risks’, says chief inspector of prisons
We were joined by Charlie Taylor, who’s the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
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The shocking treatment of mental illness in UK prisons
A shocking new report shows prisons are still being used as a so-called “place of safety” for people who are mentally unwell – a practice the 2022 Mental Health Bill was supposed to have stopped.
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Trans women with history of violence against women excluded from Scotland’s female prisons
Transgender women with a history of violence against women and girls will only be sent to female prisons if it’s deemed they don’t present an “unacceptable risk of harm”, under new rules announced by the Scottish Prison Service.
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Conditions in youth detention in England and Wales ‘frightening’, says Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor
A damning new report on children in custody by HM Inspectorate of Prisons has warned that young offender institutions in England and Wales are becoming more violent than adult prison, with young offenders spending way too much time locked up on their own.
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Introduce PAVA spray or ‘there will be a murder and death in youth custody prisons’, says Prison Officers Association
Prison officers are demanding the government immediately introduces so-called PAVA spray to be used on violent young offenders – warning that further delays will end in tragedy.
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Government will provide ‘prison places that are needed’ says Prisons minister
We spoke to Prisons minister Damian Hinds, and asked him How tough on crime is the government’s agenda?
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UK prisons in ‘terrible’ state, says former Chair of Criminal Bar Association
We spoke to Kirsty Brimelow KC, the former Chair of the Criminal Bar Association.
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Judges in England and Wales told not to jail criminals as prisons are full
Judges have been told to delay the sentencing of criminals currently on bail because prisons are full, according to a report in today’s Times newspaper. This morning the Health Secretary Steve Barclay acknowledged that prisons “are under huge pressure”, adding that the Justice Secretary will make a statement to the commons on Monday. But he…
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Chief Inspector of Prisons says Wandsworth Prison is a ‘crumbling institution’
Earlier we spoke to the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor.
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Full prisons ‘are not safe places’, says Prison Governors Association President
We spoke to the President of the Prison Governors Association, Andrea Albutt.
