Scientists say they have developed the first simple saliva test to detect if a person has recently taken the psychoactive drug Spice. The test, which takes about five minutes, can
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Abolishing short jail sentences is not the answer to stopping criminals from reoffending, the Justice Secretary has said. Robert Buckland told MPs that better alternatives to short periods behind bars,
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One of Britain’s worst paedophiles, who abused up to 200 Malaysian children, has been stabbed to death in prison. Richard Huckle was murdered at HMP Full Sutton in Yorkshire on
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Self-inflicted prison deaths in England and Wales have increased by 23% in a year, while drug abuse continues to plague facilities, despite repeated recommendations to tackle the problems, the watchdog
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A “worryingly uncaring attitude” from jail staff and healthcare professionals led to the death of a diabetic female inmate in an isolation unit, the prisons watchdog has found. The 45-year-old
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Routine safety checks on the dangers offenders could pose to children, their partners and the public are not being carried out as probation officers buckle under the pressure of overwhelming
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A total of 10 separate investigations are taking place into the death of a newborn baby at Britain’s largest women’s prison, a justice minister has said. Lucy Frazer sought to
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Child criminals are being “set up to fail” on release from custody because there is inadequate support in place to help them turn their life around, according to inspectors. The
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Inmates are living in squalor in a 19th century house being used as an open prison, inspectors found. HMP Hewell, which opened in 2008, is split across two sites in
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United Nations inspectors have been drafted into UK prisons and detention centres amid concerns over conditions and treatment of inmates. The members of the UN subcommittee for the Prevention of
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