Patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act will have more dignity and a say over their care under proposed reforms to what has been described as an “outdated” system. Among
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Hundreds of asylum seekers have been removed from an accommodation barge moored off the Dorset coast ahead of decisions about their future in the UK. Migrants are being transferred from
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A man has died in detention at Brook House immigration removal centre, Serco confirmed. The security company, which manages and operates the detention centre near Gatwick Airport in West Sussex,
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The authorities are “as ready as we can be” for the next stage of early inmate releases to ease the jail overcrowding crisis, a justice minister has said. Speaking in
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has declined to rule out using Treasury reserves to pay for emergency asylum accommodation, as she vowed to “end the use of hotels”. Her shadow James
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Peers have called for unaccompanied children who come to the UK as refugees to be allowed to bring their families, branding current rules “inhumane”. The Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill seeks
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Prisoners in Scotland serving less than four months will be released early under Scottish Government plans. Justice Secretary Angela Constance (pictured) announced the release point for short-term prisoners will be
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The quality of in-prison learning for young offenders has been in decline over the past 10 years, a joint review into schooling for detained youths has uncovered. The review, undertaken
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An inquiry chair has called for a “reset” on an “inadequate” government response to her recommendations on preventing a repeat of the Brook House immigration centre scandal. Kate Eves (pictured),
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The CEO of a prisoner charity fears inmates could “slip through the net” and risk re-offending if they are not given sufficient support after their release from jail. Andy Keen-Downs
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