Concerns have been raised about healthcare at a prison where a female inmate died a week after arriving. Fallon Adams, 37, died on 9 February 2023 after taking a mix of prescribed and illicit drugs with sedative effects, a coroner said, and she had not been warned of the dangers of mixing drugs. In 2024, […]
Women in acute mental stress continue to be held at Europe’s largest female prison despite longstanding concerns, a new report has found. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), which assesses the treatment of people in custody, has released its annual report into HMP Bronzefield in Surrey. A key finding from the report is that the prison […]
A “troubled” fire starter kicked, pinched, punched and bit prison staff, often when they were preventing her from self-harm, a court heard. Kari Johannessen made improvised weapons intending to use them on staff at Low Newton Prison, Durham, many of whom had been supportive of her. Durham Crown Court heard that until August last year […]
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Women’s Justice Board starts vital work today to make our streets safer Aims to reduce number of women in prison, cut reoffending, and better support children Two-thirds of women prisoners report being victims of domestic abuse Estimated 17,000 children affected when mum goes to prison every year The Board will be launched today by Justice […]