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Vulnerable detainees held at Yarl’s Wood ‘failed’ by Home Office, report claims

By Ryan Hooper, Chief Reporter9th July 2019News England

Victims of modern slavery and sex trafficking are being “failed” by the Home Office, with reports of women being detained for months or being released back to the addresses where

Prisoner’s family told about his death by other inmates using illicit phones

By Sam Russell, Reporter4th July 2019News England

A prisoner’s family were told of his death in jail by other inmates using illicit mobile phones, a report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said. Rocky Stenning, 26, was

Accountancy firm Deloitte fined £4.2M for part in Serco electronic tagging scandal

By Holly Williams, Aine Fox & George Ryan, Reporters4th July 2019News England

Accountancy giant Deloitte has been fined £4.2 million by the Financial Reporting Council for its audit of Serco’s Geografix division over the outsourcer’s electronic tagging scandal. The accounting watchdog said

Outsourcing giant Secro fined £22.9 million over electronic tagging scandal

By Holly Williams, Deputy City Editor3rd July 2019News England

Outsourcing giant Serco has been fined £19.2 million and £3.7 million in costs as part of a settlement with the Serious Fraud Office over its electronic tagging scandal. The firm

Prisoner died from heat stroke while in court cell after air-conditioning failed

By Flora Thompson, Home Affairs Correspondent2nd July 2019News England

“Serious failings” must be addressed after a man died from heat stroke after being held in a police van and a stuffy court cell on one of the hottest days

Inspection finds increase in violence, self-harm and drug use at HMP Lewes

By Flora Thompson28th June 2019News England

Violence, self-harm and drug use is on the rise at a prison, inspectors warned. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Lewes, East Sussex, raised the concerns when it published

Moors murderer Ian Brady ‘had access to vulnerable teenagers in jail’, files reveal

By Ryan Wilkinson26th June 2019News England

Moors murderer Ian Brady came in contact with vulnerable borstal boys for more than five years at Wormwood Scrubs prison, files reportedly show. The child killer was even allowed to

Inmates handed life sentences for ‘ferocious’ murder of vulnerable fellow prisoner

By Emily Pennink25th June 2019News England

Three inmates have been handed life sentences for killing a fellow prisoner in “cold blood” and trying to cut his head off. Stephen Boorman, 34, Jibreel Raheem, 27, and James

Minister rejects campaigners’ calls to end ‘unsafe’ imprisonment of children

By Flora Thompson and George Ryan25th June 2019News England

A minister has rejected campaigners’ calls to end the practice of detaining children in prison settings. During a debate on child imprisonment, justice minister Edward Argar told MPs the Government

Campaigners call for end to ‘fundamentally unsafe’ incarceration of children

By Flora Thompson25th June 2019News England

Campaigners have called for an end to detaining children in prisons, calling the practice “fundamentally unsafe”. The calls from The Howard League for Penal Reform come after the latest Her

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Vulnerable detainees held at Yarl’s Wood ‘failed’ by Home Office, report claims

Prisoner’s family told about his death by other inmates using illicit phones

Accountancy firm Deloitte fined £4.2M for part in Serco electronic tagging scandal

Outsourcing giant Secro fined £22.9 million over electronic tagging scandal

Prisoner died from heat stroke while in court cell after air-conditioning failed

Inspection finds increase in violence, self-harm and drug use at HMP Lewes

Moors murderer Ian Brady ‘had access to vulnerable teenagers in jail’, files reveal

Inmates handed life sentences for ‘ferocious’ murder of vulnerable fellow prisoner

Minister rejects campaigners’ calls to end ‘unsafe’ imprisonment of children

Campaigners call for end to ‘fundamentally unsafe’ incarceration of children

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Tag: Prisons / Offenders

Vulnerable detainees held at Yarl’s Wood ‘failed’ by Home Office, report claims

Prisoner’s family told about his death by other inmates using illicit phones

Accountancy firm Deloitte fined £4.2M for part in Serco electronic tagging scandal

Outsourcing giant Secro fined £22.9 million over electronic tagging scandal

Prisoner died from heat stroke while in court cell after air-conditioning failed

Inspection finds increase in violence, self-harm and drug use at HMP Lewes

Moors murderer Ian Brady ‘had access to vulnerable teenagers in jail’, files reveal

Inmates handed life sentences for ‘ferocious’ murder of vulnerable fellow prisoner

Minister rejects campaigners’ calls to end ‘unsafe’ imprisonment of children

Campaigners call for end to ‘fundamentally unsafe’ incarceration of children