Potential victims of modern slavery have been waiting an average of two months for initial decisions on their case after being referred into the system, according to new data showing
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A Labour MP has described the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge as a “recipe for disaster” after talking to some of the asylum seekers living on board. Backbencher Lloyd Russell-Moyle (pictured)
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A mental health nurse who started a relationship with an inmate before flooding a jail with contraband has been jailed for more than 10 years for her part in what
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The Government purchased a former prison earmarked for asylum-seeker accommodation for £9 million more than it was bought for a year earlier, it has been claimed. Former HMP Northeye (pictured),
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The first asylum seekers have been brought back to the Bibby Stockholm barge more than two months after it was evacuated following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water
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An inspection has revealed prisoners are living in “cramped conditions” within two areas of Scotland’s oldest prison. Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, HM chief inspector of Scotland’s prisons, says in her latest report
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Two former police constables have been jailed for misconduct after forming inappropriate sexual relationships or engaging in sexual activity with women they met on duty. Former West Midlands Police officers
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A report which found mistreatment of detainees at an immigration removal centre has been branded a “damning indictment” of the UK detention system by campaign groups as they warned things
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More detainees in immigration centres could face inhumane treatment unless a raft of recommendations – including a 28-day detention limit – are implemented in full, an inquiry chairwoman has warned.
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The Government must ensure lessons are swiftly learned from a series of self-harm related deaths in prison over the last three years, ministers have been warned. There have been 10
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