Prison officers in young offender institutions (YOIs) will start using synthetic pepper spray from this summer in a bid to combat rising violence from inmates, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
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Scotland’s top law officer has instructed the criminal prosecution of a private prison over allegations of failing to manage the medical care of an inmate with Covid-19 who died alone
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Victims will be able to attend parole hearings of criminals as part of national rollout to boost confidence in the justice system. The reform coming into force in England and
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The families of two young people who died in Polmont Young Offenders Institution are set to meet with senior prison service officials. Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, (pictured)
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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said “we simply cannot build our way out of the prisons capacity crisis” as she opened a new jail that will hold about 1,500 prisoners. Category
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Scotland’s Justice Secretary has promised there will be “lasting change” following the deaths of two young people who took their own lives while in custody. The families of Katie Allan,
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The Government acted “unlawfully” by accommodating four vulnerable asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Mould found that the Home Secretary had made “a
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The Scottish Prison Service has apologised to the families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay, who took their own lives in Polmont Young Offenders’ Institute, and committed to preventing further
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A coroner has ruled that the full inquest into the death of a 27-year-old Albanian man on board the Bibby Stockholm will be heard without a jury because the public
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More than 260 child asylum seekers were wrongly put in adult accommodation or detention in the first half of last year, a coalition of charities has said. The Refugee and
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