An immigration removal centre has been hit by surging levels of violence and drug use, an inspection report has warned. Morton Hall near Lincoln has seen a “significant decline” in
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Organisations working to help offenders and their families will share almost £3 million of Scottish Government funding. Seven charities will use the cash to fund specialist services including employment training,
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Four men have been held at an immigration removal centre for more than two years as it emerged the average length of detention there has increased, inspectors found. A report
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The High Court is to hear an urgent challenge over a teenage boy’s “prolonged solitary confinement” in prison. A penal reform charity says the boy has been locked in his
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A father whose son killed himself in prison after failings by the authorities has warned that others will die unless minsters urgently improve care behind bars. Stay-at-home dad Dean Saunders,
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Prisons will be expected to reform criminals as well as punish them under a major justice overhaul being unveiled on Thursday. Ministers will present legislation aiming to transform crisis-hit jails
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Children are not being taken seriously when they report violent and sexual crimes, the Government’s victims tsar has warned. Criminal justice agencies are at risk of failing youngsters who feel
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A culture change is needed to halt the rising number of suicides in prisons, according to a new report. Campaigners said a “profound” shift was needed to move from a
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Suicides, assaults and self-harm in prisons have all reached new record levels, new figures reveal. There were 354 deaths behind bars in England and Wales last year, including 119 which
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Mob attacks and serious assaults on staff were among the incidents at a youth jail with high levels of violence, watchdogs found. There were 127 violent incidents recorded at HM
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