Staff at one of Britain’s largest prisons were found asleep or locked in offices during an inspection that uncovered “appalling” squalor and violence, a watchdog has said, as it emerged
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The prisons minister is to launch a £10 million blitz on drugs, mobile phones and poor conditions at struggling jails. Rory Stewart announced a package of measures designed to lift
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Victims of mentally disordered offenders are unfairly denied rights given to others affected by crime, a report has found. Ministers must act to end the “unacceptable” gap in support which
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A prison nurse has appeared in court to deny having an improper relationship with an inmate. Ashleigh Naylor, 30, denied two counts of misconduct and one offence against the Prison
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A sex offenders’ prison where disgraced publicist Max Clifford collapsed after complaining of poor conditions operated “below standards of decency at times”, a report has found. HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire
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Prison staff have become “inured” to conditions in jails that are unacceptable in 21st century Britain, a watchdog has warned. In a scathing critique, Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke
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A prisoner serving 17 years for rape has had his sentence extended after he trapped a female guard in his cell and attacked her. Liam McCarthy, 28, grabbed the woman’s
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A chronic shortage of housing support for women released from custody is driving them back to prison, a report claims. Arrangements are often made at the last-minute, with some women
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More criminals including sex offenders and stalkers could be locked up for flouting court orders under new sentencing rules. Judges and magistrates are being issued with the first comprehensive guidance
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Offenders in South Wales who commit low-level crimes while under the influence of alcohol will be offered the chance to take a two-hour educational course rather than face court, police
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