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HMP New Hall: Prison refused permission to chop down ‘risk’ tree next to secure jail wing
A women’s prison has been refused permission to chop down a protected tree over claims it poses a risk to prisoners.
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The Big Business of Bad Prison Food
As private food providers' contracts grow, the meager and moldy portions behind bars have forced some people to eat ...
Morning Star3d
Too many women sent to jail to due lack of services in community, prison inspectorate finds
TOO many vulnerable and mentally unwell women have been sent to jail due to a lack of suitable services in the community, ...
Employee’s spine fractured when inmate attacks her at Ohio prison, lawsuit says
An Ohio corrections officer is suing after she said she was attacked by an inmate at a prison. The woman was employed at the ...
Family demands answers after woman was killed during California prison visit
A four-time convicted killer was allowed to have private family visits in prison. Now, there is a murder investigation ...
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Rise in drug taking and self-harm at women's jail
HMP Styal near Wilmslow has been named as the worst in the country for positive drug tests after an inspection in December An inmate at a prison where inspectors found high levels of self harm had ...
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Employee’s spine fractured when inmate attacks her at Youngstown prison, lawsuit says
An Ohio corrections officer is suing after she said she was attacked by an inmate at a prison. The woman was employed at the ...