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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Inspectors have warned it was “particularly worrying” Border Force could not find safeguarding referrals for two children at the UK-France border who were later re-trafficked to the UK. An unannounced
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A prison officer has been jailed for a year after she kissed and sat on the lap of an inmate whom she had been in a relationship with at HMP
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A former police officer has been jailed for sending inappropriate messages to a vulnerable woman after she reported that sexual images of her had been posted on the internet without
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A senior prison officer has admitted having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate. Tracy Boateng, 26, is said to have “abused the public’s trust” during her relationship with Vincent Ojo
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The Princess of Wales has sympathised with former prison mothers who suggested their parental support behind bars was better than services in the outside world. Kate travelled to HMP Styal,
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An inquest jury has found that failings and “missed opportunities” at a prison contributed to the deaths of three inmates just weeks apart. Nottingham Coroner’s Court heard a joint inquest
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