‘Wandsworth prison is crumbling, overcrowded and vermin-infested, with inmates living in half the cell space available when it was first opened in 1851, according to a report published on Thursday.’
The Guardian, 22nd August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Violence and self-harm in Britain’s prisons is soaring while drugs are readily available with almost a quarter of jails overcrowded, grim new data has revealed.’
The Independent, 25th July 2024
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‘There was a “significant failing” in the care of a teenage Royal Marines recruit who took his own life after struggling on a demanding training course, a coroner has concluded.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The number of assaults and self-harm incidents in women’s prisons in England and Wales has hit record highs, new figures show.’
The Independent, 27th June 2024
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‘Hundreds of complaints about ill treatment from staff looking after asylum seekers in hotels and other accommodation have been lodged with the Home Office, a Guardian investigation has found.’
The Guardian, 3rd June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A prisoner facing deportation to Lithuania was segregated for 52 days with no care plan before his suicide, an investigation found. Karolis Baltrunas, 31, was found to have taken his own life on 27 August 2020 at HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, external.’
BBC News, 29th April 2024
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‘A vulnerable girl in a young offenders institution twice had her clothes removed under restraint by an all-male team of prison officers, a report says.’
BBC News, 5th March 2024
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‘Twice in January, ambulances rushed to the former RAF airbase at Wethersfield in a remote part of Essex, now the Home Office’s biggest mass asylum accommodation site, to attend to suicide attempts. On each occasion, an asylum seeker was admitted to hospital. Both survived.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A prisoner who repeatedly self-harmed spent more than 800 days in segregation, according to a damning report that reveals that jails are using isolation to manage severe mental health needs.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Suicide and serious violence have risen by nearly a quarter in men’s prisons in England and Wales, with self-harm skyrocketing to an all-time high in the women’s estate, as the government scrambles to ease the strain on jails overcrowded to breaking point.’
The Independent, 26th October 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Former inmates have revealed the “disgusting” conditions they are living under in some of the UK’s most overcrowded prisons as new figures show the crisis is nearing breaking point.’
The Independent, 2nd October 2023
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‘A UN torture expert has called on the UK government to urgently review all sentences imposed on prisoners held indefinitely under the “widely discredited” imprisonment for public protection (IPP) scheme.’
The Guardian, 30th August 2023
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‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by a mother against care and placement orders made in respect of her son, after finding the recorder was wrong to decide that there was “no necessity for a psychological assessment”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th July 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Asylum seekers awaiting deportation at a detention centre were physically prevented from taking their own lives or self-harming on 18 occasions last year, detailed official accounts show.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mental health unit criticised over the deaths of three teenagers was “chaotic and unsafe”, a report found.’
BBC News, 21st March 2023
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‘A Devon prison has to be safer for inmates to ensure communities are safer, an inspector has said.’
BBC News, 16th February 2023
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‘Archie Battersbee, whose parents fought a lengthy battle to prevent his life support being switched off, died as a result of a prank or experiment gone wrong, a coroner has concluded.’
The Guardian, 8th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The country’s most senior family judge has accused the education secretary of “complacency bordering on cynicism” in a scathing judgment that deplores the lack of secure, therapeutic placements in England and Wales for scores of children with complex needs at risk of taking their own lives.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Last week the Government announced that it will update the Online Safety Bill to include the Law Commission’s recommendation to make encouraging or assisting serious self-harm an offence.’
Law Commission, 29th November 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The NHS has paid out at least £20m over poor care in children’s mental health services, a leaked report has revealed.’
The Independent, 10th April 2022
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