Fewer women could be sent to jail under a review to be announced by ministers this week that is expected to cut sentences for thousands of criminals. The government will lay the groundwork for the task of reshaping the sentencing regime in England and Wales, with the aim for it to be completed within six […]
The death of a 92-year-old prisoner in his cell at Leyland’s Wymott Prison has sparked a warning by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman (PPO). The watchdog was called to investigate the death of George Haslam, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in August 2020. He died in his cell of at Wymott on […]
Welsh prisons have become more dangerous over the past year, a report has shown. From prisoner-on-prisoner assaults, violence against staff, self-harm incidents and drug-related deaths, the report found there had been a “drastic deterioration”. Homelessness when prisoners are released is also on the rise. The Ministry of Justice said the new government “inherited prisons in […]
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When Lady Edwina Grosvenor was 12 years old she spent an hour with two heroin addicts at a drug rehabilitation centre in Liverpool. Her father, who was the sixth Duke of Westminster and one of the richest men in Britain, wanted to educate his children about the dangers of taking drugs and show them that […]
An inquiry into Welsh jails is to be re-opened as controversy continues to hang over Bridgend’s HMP Parc. The privately-run prison has seen 13 inmate deaths this year as well as rioting and allegations of rampant drug-dealing and corruption. Labour MP Ruth Jones, chairwoman elect of the UK Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee, described the issues at […]
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An inquest has opened into a woman found unresponsive in a Derbyshire prison. Saria Hart, 26, was taken to hospital after being discovered at Foston Hall Prison but died nine days later in Derby Royal Hospital’s intensive care unit, on 13 October 2019. An inquest into Ms Hart’s death, which was opened in front of […]
The number of women sent to jail will be radically reduced under plans set out by the justice secretary on Tuesday as she declared “prison isn’t working” for women. Shabana Mahmood said it was “high time we stopped sending so many women to prison” and that it was her “ultimate ambition” to close female jails. […]
A south Wales prison where 10 inmates have died this year has made “considerable progress” in the way that is it run, a Welsh government minister has said. Social Justice minister Jane Hutt said HMP Parc, in Bridgend, was now “much, much more stable”. Security company G4S, which runs Parc, says it has a “zero-tolerance […]
A prisoner was able to deactivate an emergency alarm triggered by the cellmate of a “vulnerable” inmate who had suffered a cardiac arrest, an inquest has heard. Ian William Deavall, who was on remand at HMP Forest Bank in Salford, had a cardiac arrest and died on 24 January 2023. The 66-year-old’s cellmate pressed the […]
A prisoner has died in custody at HMP Low Moss near Glasgow. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) announced that Marc Cox passed away on Saturday, August 31. The 47-year-old was serving three years imposed at Greenock Sheriff Court on August 19, 2024. He was found guilty by a jury of three indictment charges including attacks on a […]