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HMP Wandsworth had seven inmate suicides in past year, report finds

Prison hit by scandals over high-profile escape and officer-prisoner sex is to be given £100m and extra specialist staff

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

‘Worrying deterioration in safety’ at UK immigration removal centres, warns chief inspector of prisons

All eight main detention centres in the UK have been found to have the most serious categories of failings

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024

Feltham YOI found to be most violent prison in England and Wales

Inspectors find some children at institution refusing family visits in order to keep relatives away from danger

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024

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Feltham Young Offenders Institution now the most violent prison in the country, chief inspector warns

At the high-profile jail with a population of just 84 children and young adults, 410 violent incidents were recorded in the last year

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2024

Immigration centre near Heathrow worst in country, inspection finds

Inspectors say ‘chaos’ found at ‘decrepit’ Harmondsworth centre ‘truly shocking’

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2024

Conditions at UK immigration removal centre ‘worst inspectors have seen’

Report found ligature points previously used in suicide attempts at Harmondsworth had not been removed

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024

Inside ‘crumbling, overcrowded, vermin-infested’ Wandsworth prison as guard is accused of sex with inmate

Linda De Sousa Abreu is charged with misconduct after footage emerged allegedly showing a prison officer having sex with an inmate at scandal-hit prison

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024

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Woman arrested after video apparently shows UK prison officer having sex with inmate

Met police began investigating on Friday after being made aware of video allegedly filmed at HMP Wandsworth

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

Woman arrested over Wandsworth Prison ‘inmate and officer sex video’

Video emerged appearing to show a female prison officer having sex with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2024

Police investigate video 'showing female prison officer having sex with inmate in Wandsworth Prison cell'

The Ministry of Justice called in police after the video was released online

Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2024

Inmates dug through Winchester prison walls with plastic cutlery, report finds

One in 10 prisons in England and Wales barely fit for purpose, says audit of prisoner treatment

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024

High-risk offenders included in early release scheme, prisons inspector says

Domestic abuser among those freed from jail as part of plan to relieve overcrowding, watchdog reveals

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

The Guardian view on dangerous prisons: Wandsworth’s failure is one of many

Editorial: The chief inspector’s latest warning makes it clear that problems go right to the top of the prison service

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2024

Government triggers crisis measure to ease prison overcrowding

Exclusive: Operation Safeguard confirmed by Ministry of Justice after damning report on conditions in one of UK’s biggest jails

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024

Prisons ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as inmates forced to share single cells

Longer sentences and court backlogs push 25% of prisoners in England and Wales into shared cells, adding to drug-use and violence

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2024

Manchester United 1-1 Burnley, Sheffield United relegated after rout – as it happened

Clockwatch: It was the end of the road for Sheffield United, but André Onana’s late clanger at Old Trafford boosted Burnley’s survival bid. Scott Murray was watching

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2023

‘Cell, street, repeat’: Thousands of prisoners being set up to fail with release into homelessness

About 600 people leave prison without accommodation every month

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2023

Chief prisons inspector: Overcrowding is a ticking time bomb

Exclusive: Last-ditch government plans to free up cells not enough to prevent overcrowding problem from ‘blowing up’, prisons watchdog warns

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023

Hwang on target as Wolves bring Burnley crashing back to reality

A first-half goal from Hwang Hee-chan gave Wolves a 1-0 win against a Burnley side who had beaten Sheffield United 5-0 on Saturday

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

Jeremy Hunt’s budget cuts spark fears of ‘existential threat’ to English councils

Furious council leaders warn chancellor that austerity measures could force ‘flagship blue counties’ to go bankrupt

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023

Child prisons in England and Wales ‘significantly more violent’ than adult jails

Chief inspector says levels of hostility and self-harm rising across young offender institutions

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Young offender institutions ‘more violent than adult jails’ – prisons inspector

HM Inspectorate of Prisons published two new reports which it said ‘paint a bleak picture of youth custody in England and Wales’.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Youth prisons more violent than adult male jails as assaults soar, inspections chief warns

One young offenders institution called in trained dog handlers and pyrotechnics to diffuse violent disorder

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Bedford Prison in ‘urgent’ need of improvement, inspectors warn

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said ‘this latest inspection is a damning indictment of the state of prisons’.

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Urgent warning over ‘squalid overcrowded’ prison where inmate escaped on stolen bike

Inspection is ‘damning indictment of the state of prisons’ in England and Wales, HM Inspector says

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