Violence and self-harm in prisons are “unacceptably high”, the Justice Secretary has admitted, after official figures revealed both have surged again to reach new record levels. David Gauke acknowledged the
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Police failed to record a report of concern for a vulnerable man who went missing and was later found dead, an investigation has indicated. A Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
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A leading psychiatrist has been appointed to oversee an independent review of the mental health support services available to young people behind bars. Consultant forensic child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr
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The use of force in custody suites across Britain’s largest police service has not always been recorded properly, according to a report. An unannounced inspection visit to Metropolitan Police custody
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A prison officer who fell in love with a convicted killer has been jailed for smuggling steroids and phones into prison in her underwear. Gemma Farr (pictured) was found to
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A police officer has been sacked after breaching professional standards during the restraint of a mental health patient who collapsed and died in 2011. Pc Paul Adey was found guilty
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An £825,000 training scheme will help police officers across Scotland deal with some of the more “insidious and damaging” forms of domestic abuse, the Justice Secretary said. Humza Yousaf (pictured)
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Two thirds of ex-prisoners with conflict-related convictions are still unemployed 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement, an academic said. Their family members have also been black-listed by some employers
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A prison officer at a young offenders’ institution who was caught having secret “trysts” in a cleaning cupboard with a 20-year-old inmate has been spared jail. Stacey Sutherland, 27, said
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A police officer who left a colleague waiting outside as he had sex with a vulnerable woman he had met while on duty has been jailed for two years. Both
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