Older prisoners are being “set up to fail” after they are released, campaigners say. They face a lack of adequate provision to meet their health and social care needs, it
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Convicts serving indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPP) are turning to self- harm as they see no end to their detention, a new report has warned. Figures show that for
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The number of children in custody who are restrained has more than doubled in the last five years, according to research. A report by the Howard League for Penal Reform
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A summit is to be held as violence against staff in prisons, immigration centres and prisoner escort services hits “breaking point”. The Community union said its members in the prison
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An 11-year-old disabled girl who was held alone in police custody for a total of 60 hours without an appropriate adult endured “a nightmare”, her mother has said. The child
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An increased risk of suicide in prison may be linked to staff shortages, a new report suggests. Researchers quizzed former and current inmates about the issue after a rise in
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The crisis in British jails threatens a repeat of the biggest prison riots in UK history at Strangeways in Manchester almost 30 years ago, the shadow justice secretary has warned.
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Rising levels of violence, self-harm and suicides behind bars threaten to “severely undermine” the Government’s prisons overhaul, a parliamentary report has warned. Safety in jails in England and Wales continues
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Watchdogs have raised concerns after it emerged nine inmates have taken their own lives at a prison in recent years. There had been five more self-inflicted deaths since HMP Woodhill
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Ministers have come under pressure in the Lords to push ahead with prison improvements after a record number of deaths in custody. Justice minister Lord Faulks said the Government recognised
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