The chief inspector of prisons has voiced fears that inmates may have taken their own lives because they could no longer face life at a violent and drug-ridden jail. Peter
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A police custody officer failed to carry out half-hourly checks on a man in custody who later died in his cell, investigators concluded. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
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Stalkers could be made to wear electronic tags and their victims would receive message alerts when offenders are nearby, police have said. The new initiatives were unveiled for London as
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Releasing more prisoners on temporary licence could help tackle the drugs crisis in jails, a new report suggests. The scheme does not feel like a real possibility to most inmates,
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Levels of violence at a young offender institution have dropped after teenagers were rewarded for good behaviour – including being given sweets and chocolate. Inspectors found an 80% reduction in
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A former prisons chief has warned that running jails unsafely is a “crime” in a scathing critique on the state of the service. Phil Wheatley highlighted reductions in officer numbers
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Some perpetrators of domestic violence will be offered a chance to avoid jail through a new scheme aimed at reducing reoffending. The pilot project in Londonderry will see convicted offenders
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A men’s jail where inmates can wear their own clothes and have phones in their cells has been praised by the prisons watchdog. Inspectors found HMP Altcourse had “bucked the
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Police have lost tabs on nearly 500 registered sex offenders in Britain, according to a report. The missing include rapists and paedophiles, including some who disappeared more than a decade
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Staff at Maghaberry Prison have saved the lives of 11 vulnerable prisoners. Inspectors have expressed concern about the care of such inmates in the past and said plans for some
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