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Prisoners to be held in police cells to deal with overcrowding
The government has outlined a plan to deliver 14,000 more prison places in England and Wales by 2031, which included building ...
Government won't rule out shortening sentences of violent offenders to free up prison space as it opens new jail
Prisons in England and Wales are over 99% capacity. With less than 800 spaces left in jails, the government recently ...
Emergency prison measures reintroduced to tackle overcrowding
The Government is reintroducing emergency measures for prisons after running out of cells despite releasing thousands of offenders early. Shabana Mahmood, Labour’s Justice Secretary, has been forced ...
Messages reveal prison staff violence towards inmates
Some 17 inmates are known to have died at Parc in 2024 - more than any other prison. In a letter to the Justice and Home ...
Prison guards attacked by 'snarling' inmate armed with makeshift plastic knife weapon
Billy Joe Walsh was seen 'snarling and screaming incoherently' during the attack on three prison guards at HMP Berwyn, ...
Prisoner allegedly sexually assaulted in cell at HMP Swansea
Police are investigating an allegation that a HMP Swansea prisoner was sexually assaulted in his cell by another inmate. A ...