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Positive drug test results at HMP Styal highest in women’s estate – inspectors

The rate of self-harm was the second highest at HMP Styal of all 12 women’s prisons.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025

Almost 900 weapons seized in a year at Yorkshire young offender institution

Weapons such as sharpened objects and rocks taken from children aged 15-18 at YOI Wetherby

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025

HMP Wandsworth living conditions are ‘inhumane’, finds report

Rat-infested London jail from which terror suspect escaped is unsafe and overcrowded, say independent monitors

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024

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‘Shocking’ chaos at HMP Wandsworth was ‘in plain view of leaders’, report finds

The Ministry of Justice said it was deploying extra specialist staff and redirecting £100 million to the scandal-hit prison.

Evening Standard · Aug 6, 2024

Scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth to receive £100m to tackle ‘shocking’ failings

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood warned that the report shows the ‘reality of a prison system in crisis’

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 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

The dire state of British prisons – and what they could learn from Europe to get better

Prisoners and prison officers have long been familiar with the dire state of the UK’s prisons. The escape of Daniel Khalife from HMP Wandsworth in London now has many people wondering what life is like behind bars.

The Conversation · Sep 12, 2023

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Forbidden items confiscated from prisoners' cells including Spice, steroids and weapons

We asked the Ministry of Justice what was seized from prisoners across Merseyside and North Wales in 2022

Liverpool Echo · Dec 26, 2022

Children carrying weapons at most violent prison in England, inspectors warn

A report says there were 105 assaults among children and 82 on staff in just six months.

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Mentally unwell women are being sent to prison instead of hospital due to lack of NHS beds, MPs warn

Shortage of NHS beds means women with acute mental health problems sent to jail ‘for their own safety’

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022

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