Teenagers held at a youth jail feel they have an “obligation” to fight fellow inmates from rival gangs or postcodes, a watchdog report has revealed. Inspectors found a “culture” has
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Progress has been made at a Scottish prison where serious concerns were raised over its provision of healthcare, according to inspectors. On a visit to HMP Perth in May last
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The Scottish Government should take steps to ensure children are prohibited from being locked in police cells, a Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP has said. MSPs have been debating legislation which
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A watchdog has raised concerns over “inadequate supervision” of child sex offenders being held at an immigration removal centre. In one case a detainee was transferred to prison following an
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Devon and Cornwall Police failed to properly assess a restraint belt later placed across the face of a man before he collapsed in custody, a court heard. Thomas Orchard, 32,
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Neglect contributed to the death of an epileptic man after he was restrained face down in a police van five years ago, an inquest jury has found. Duncan Tomlin, 32,
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More than a dozen prison officers were taken to hospital during a rash of violence at a youth jail. Some 20 staff at Feltham Young Offenders Institution (YOI) were injured
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Three prison officers who subjected vulnerable teenagers to daily abuse at a detention centre in 1970s and 1980s have been jailed after a judge said their behaviour breached the public’s
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The number of deaths at Scottish jails are “nothing short of a massacre”, according to the parents of a student who took her own life while behind bars. Katie Allan,
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The UK has the highest prison population in western Europe, a new report has found. A snapshot of figures showed more than 90,000 people were locked up in England and
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