A teenage inmate found hanging in her cell was “happy and bubbly” weeks after she was identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm, an inquest jury has heard. Annelise
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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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Reports of bullying at a young offenders institution were not shared with mental health workers by the Scottish Prison Service, an inquiry has heard. A fatal accident inquiry at Falkirk
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A prison officer became emotional as she recalled breaking regulations by giving bandanas to an inmate with alopecia who later killed herself. Katie Allan, 21, was found dead in her
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A prison officer assigned to monitor a 21-year-old who took her own life while serving a sentence has told an inquiry she was unaware of reports of her being bullied.
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The mother of a 21-year-old who took her own life behind bars has told an inquiry how she seemed “petrified” of other prisoners the day before her body was discovered.
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Actor and musician Idris Elba has launched a campaign calling for the immediate banning of machetes and so-called zombie knives. The Luther star is also lobbying for more funding in
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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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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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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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