Fatal accident inquiries will be held into four prisoners’ deaths – three of which involved drugs. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said it has lodged notices to
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A joint fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is to be held into the deaths of two young people who took their own lives while serving sentences at a young offenders institution.
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Alarm has been expressed at the prospect of Metropolitan Police officers not attending emergency calls if they are linked to mental health incidents. The force’s commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has
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Scotland’s Justice Secretary has said there are safeguards now in place to stop trans prisoners with a history of violence against women being put in female jails. Angela Constance made
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The asylum backlog in the UK has hit a new record high as the immigration minister appeared to suggest processing claims faster could encourage more people to come to the
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The father of a seven-year-old girl who was killed by a paranoid schizophrenic Albanian woman believes if the Home Office had done its job she would not have been in
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An inquest will investigate how a man was deemed to pose a low risk of serious harm by probation services before going on to murder his partner and three children.
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Asylum seekers in England are at risk of missing out on basic healthcare services because they have limited access to the internet, a report has warned. Asylum seekers interviewed by
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Six police officers have been disciplined, with three leaving the job, for belonging to a racist and ableist WhatsApp group called “The Dispensables”. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
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A barge docked off the Dorset coast will hold around 500 asylum seekers for at least 18 months, the Home Office has confirmed despite facing legal threats from local Tories.
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