A union representing prison officers is calling for a “full investigation” into the “deliberate poisoning” of staff with the drug spice at HMP Swaleside. The Criminal Justice Workers Union has
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About 400 prison staff have been trained to use an anti-opioid medicine amid a spate of deaths which are believed to be drug-related, a minister has said. Justice minister Edward
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The Metropolitan Police has reported an increase in responses to urgent robbery calls six months into its Right Care, Right Person scheme. The initiative, a partnership with the NHS, introduced
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A watchdog has called for scandal-hit Wandsworth prison to be put into emergency measures amid concerns over failings in security and severe problems with overcrowding, drugs, violence and self-harm. Chief
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A man who murdered his wife and a teenager are the latest deaths at a Welsh prison where nine inmates have died in just over two months. David Maggs, 73,
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More than 40 people have been arrested after protesters blocked a coach set to take asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge. Police said they were called at around 8.40am
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Thousands of asylum seekers earmarked by the Home Office for deportation to Rwanda have lost contact with the department, a Government document suggests. Out of 5,700 people identified for removal,
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A police constable who punched a medical worker after mistaking him for a suspect has been spared jail. Metropolitan Police officer Jonathan Marsh, 34, was called to a medical clinic
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A watchdog has criticised “unacceptable” conditions at the busiest airport immigration detention centre in England and Wales. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said the facility in Luton was “unable
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Two police officers have pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 93-year-old disabled man with dementia in a care home. Pc Stephen Smith, 50, and Pc Rachel Comotto, 34, (pictured) denied
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