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Older prisoners still face double punishment
“It’s not acceptable that, four years on from the Chief Inspector’s previous report, o...
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Doing time, the experiences and needs of older people in prison
A report published by the Prison Reform Trust provides evidence that older prisoners face isolation ...
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Prison service failing to address needs of hazardous drinkers
A thematic review published by the HM Inspectorate of Prisons highlights the failure of the Prison S...
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Lost, bullied and trapped, people with a learning disability in Northern Irish prisons
Lack of training and inadequate resources for prison staff in dealing with prisoners affected by lea...
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Help needed for Welsh people with learning disabilities
The discrimination faced by people in Wales with learning disabilities in the criminal justice syste...
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Coroner says mentally ill prisoner’s death was ‘avoidable’
An inquest jury ruled today that the death of Michael Bailey a 23 year old inmate who was found hang...
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40% rise in apparent suicides in prison
According to figures for England and Wales released by the Ministry of Justice, there were 92 “sel...
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BT has reduced the prohibitively high cost of calls from prison payphones in England and Wales
BT has reduced the prohibitively high cost of calls from prison payphones in England and Wales follo...
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Sentencing commission could help end prison capacity crisis and stop sentence inflation
The government should reject US-style sentencing grids in favour of establishing a permanent sentenc...
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Vulnerable adults and children left to fend for themselves in court
An unwieldy and opaque justice system is unlawfully undermining the ability of thousands of vulnerab...
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Thousands of mentally ill people regularly dumped in and out of the prison system
Too Little, Too Late: An Independent Review of Unmet Mental Health Need in Prison, published by the ...
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Vulnerable people face abuse and discrimination throughout justice system
A failure of leadership and direction across the criminal justice system has resulted in vulnerable ...
