David Lammy has agreed to pay an Islamist double killer £7,500 in compensation and cover the £234,000 legal costs of his human rights claim. Fuad Awale, who also held a prison officer hostage while serving a life sentence for shooting two men in the head in 2011, said he suffered “severe depression” when he was […]
Today the latest edition (July 2025) of the Action Plan to the CSC Thematic Review has been published. Here is Summary HM Prison & Probation Service Response to HMIP Close Supervision Centres Inspection 12-Month Progress Update – July 2025 Executive Summary This document presents the 12-month progress update on HM Prison & Probation Service’s action […]
A double murderer who also held a prison officer hostage has been awarded compensation after suffering “severe depression” when he was denied contact with other inmates. Fuad Awale is serving a life sentence for shooting two men in the head in 2011 in what a judge described as a planned “execution”. Awale had been transferred to a […]
By Mark Leech, Editor: The Prisons Handbook Revealed: the shocking basic failures of HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP). Just weeks ago HMIP published a glowing report on the six Close Supervision Centres (holding what are said to be ‘our most dangerous prisoners’ – see below) in which the Chief Inspector wrote… “The quality of [CSC] […]
Close supervision centres (CSCs) are small, specialist units located within six of the high security prisons. They represent the deepest form of custody in the country, holding some of the most dangerous men in the prison system, who have committed serious, often repeated, acts of violence against others while in prison. Inspectors found that units […]
Tough new measures will be introduced to stop terrorists hiding extremist materials in cells Move demonstrates decisive action following landmark terror review Convicted terrorists will be banned from taking a leading role in religious services and face more rigorous checks for extremist literature as the government redoubles efforts to crackdown on dangerous radicalisers behind bars. […]