Five officers have been convicted of physical abuse on young prisoners at a detention centre following one of the UK’s biggest police investigations of its kind, it can now be
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Transgender prisoners will be held in their own unit for the first time in the UK, without access to other inmates. A wing of a female prison in Surrey will
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The number of offenders returned to prison for breaching their licence conditions after serving short sentences has “skyrocketed”, a watchdog has warned. Sir Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit
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The number of children at risk of sexual abuse in young offender centres and other custodial institutions is much higher than previously thought, a report has found. There were 1,070
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Home Office ministers have lost a deportation fight with a Portuguese immigrant given a custodial sentence when he was a teenager. Immigration officials said Luis Lopes’s deportation was justified on
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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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