Teenager found dead in prison cell ‘seemed like a lost soul’, says mother
A teenage inmate found dead in her cell “seemed like a lost soul” during her first time in an adult prison, her mother told an inquest. Annelise Sanderson, 18, was
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Prison nurse took 16-year-old off suicide watch hours before death, inquiry told
A 16-year-old who took his own life in Polmont Young Offenders Institution had been removed from suicide watch hours earlier, a fatal accident inquiry heard. William Brown, also known as
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Fatal accident inquiry into custody deaths set to start in new year
A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is set to go ahead in the new year into the deaths of two young people who took their own lives at a young offenders
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Government steps in to run prison branded ‘unsafe’ by inspectors
A prison branded unsafe by inspectors has been brought under Government control. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it had taken over the running of HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire
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Right to outdoor exercise ‘clearly breached’ at HMP Polmont, inspectors find
Inspectors have raised concerns prisoners’ rights to an hour’s exercise in the fresh air every day are “clearly being breached” at Scotland’s national holding facility for children and young offenders.
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MPs make moves to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales
Criminal sanctions for abortion could be removed in England and Wales under new proposals to be tabled by MPs. Labour backbenchers have outlined plans to move amendments to the Criminal
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Cleverly outlines amendment plan to prevent sex offenders changing their names
Sex offenders will be prevented from changing their names in “certain circumstances”, the Home Secretary has said. James Cleverly (pictured) said the Government intends to amend the Criminal Justice Bill
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‘Absolute madness’ stalker to be freed despite parole panel deeming it unsafe
A mother-of-four who was held at gunpoint by her stalker ex-boyfriend says it is “absolute madness” that he is due to be released from jail in February despite a parole
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Inquiry told of ‘slopping out’ and children being imprisoned with sex offenders
A man who was sent to young offenders institutions in the early 1970s told an inquiry how he was forced to “slop out” and was held in custody with sex
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Nurse who started relationship with inmate jailed over UK’s largest prison drugs conspiracy
A mental health nurse who started a relationship with an inmate before flooding a jail with contraband has been jailed for more than 10 years for her part in what
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