‘Work to stop young offenders committing more crimes after their release from custody is hampered by “distrust” among the staff responsible, inspectors say.’
BBC News, 12th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An officer at a Serco-run immigration centre justified leaking stories to The Sun by claiming the firm turned a blind eye to corruption, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 25th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A prison officer has pleaded guilty to selling information about one of James Bulger’s killers to the Sun newspaper.’
BBC News, 20th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Violence in jails will be met with tougher repercussions in a new crackdown against serious assaults on prison staff.’
The Independent, 16th November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Oral Statement on prisoner communications by the Secretary of State for Justice, 11 November 2015.’
Ministry of Justice, 11th November 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Private conversations between MPs and prisoners from their constituencies may have been recorded and monitored in jails, Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary has announced. The minister issued an apology to the House of Commons after disclosing that communications by at least 32 current MPs were thought to be involved.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former News of the World journalist has been found guilty of paying a prison officer for details about the life behind bars of Jon Venables, one of the killers of James Bulger.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An inmate is to face trial over an alleged assault on a prison officer after a High Court judge quashed the decision to drop the case against him.’
BBC News, 27th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Restrictions on the number of books prisoners in England and Wales can have in their cells is inhibiting inmates’ ability to learn, a charity warns.’
BBC News, 24th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Charles Bronson, one of the most violent inmates in Britain, has been sentenced to two years for attacking a prison officer.’
The Independent, 1st September 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice is trying to re-employ more than 2,000 prison officers who only recently took voluntary redundancy, in a move to avert a crisis triggered by the rising number of prisoners in Britain’s jails.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Anyone who kills a police or prison officer in the course of their duty will face spending the rest of their lives behind bars, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced.’
Ministry of Justice, 8th May 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The sentence for criminals who kill a police officer will be increased to the toughest “life means life” tariff under new reforms tabled by the Government.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A triple killer has won £800 in compensation after some of his belongings, including nose hair clippers, cranberry juice and an alarm clock, were lost or broken in prison.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A prison officer who had sex with an inmate and supplied drugs to prisoners at HMP Birmingham has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Female prisoners in England and Wales have been coerced into having sex with staff in return for favours such as alcohol and cigarettes, a report says.’
BBC News, 25th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Wormwood Scrubs, the west London prison, is on a ‘knife-edge’, an official watchdog has warned, with an alarming 50% growth in the use of force or restraining measures to control prisoners in an increasingly violent, gang-dominated jail.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prisoners who have consensual sex while inside jail face being separated and possibly disciplined, prison governors have told the first review of sex behind bars in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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