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MoJ faces rare sanction after exposing prisoners to high levels of radon gas

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The Independent UK

How the Ministry of Justice knowingly exposed hundreds to cancer-causing gas in Dartmoor prison

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: In the midst of a growing prison overcrowding crisis, men were piled into HMP Dartmoor. Officials had been warned parts of the ageing Victorian prison were filled with dangerous levels of a toxic gas linked to 1,100 lung cancer deaths each year. But in its desperate scramble…

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales at risk of cell fires

About a quarter of prison places are unsafe, Ministry of Justice admits

The Guardian - UK

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Prisons unable to keep up with crisis of drones delivering drugs, report finds

Government and prison service said to be too slow to respond to the rapidly changing threats of illicit drugs entering jails

The Independent UK

Prison security systems not being fixed amid drug crisis, report finds

A report has found that key security systems in Britain’s prisons are being left unrepaired

The Independent UK

Prison windows and X-ray scanners not being fixed amid drug crisis – watchdog

Prison governors have reported not having enough money to fix broken security equipment.

Evening Standard

‘Catastrophic’ MoJ leasing of jail with toxic gas set to cost more than £100m

MPs criticise 10-year deal struck in ‘blind panic’ to rent Dartmoor prison, where high levels of radon had been detected

The Guardian - UK

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Shocking amount of prisoners released in error as numbers more than double in a year

Thousands of inmates have also been freed early since then in a bid to cut jail overcrowding

The Independent UK

Number of prisoners released in error more than doubled in a year, data shows

A report by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service said 262 prisoners were released in error from April 2024 to March 2025.

Evening Standard

Probation Service performance worse since returning to public control – watchdog

The NAO also warned that the Government must fully understand the risks of work to ease workload pressures on the Probation Service.

The Independent UK

Give prison governors more power to fix Britain's broken jails, say Lords

Lords say jails are in crisis due to years of political and bureaucratic failure

Evening Standard

Surge in prison officers investigated over inappropriate relationships with inmates amid jails’ staffing crisis

Exclusive: Experts warn ‘teenagers with no work experience’ are being recruited into dangerous prisons after figures uncovered a dramatic surge in alleged inappropriate relationships

The Independent UK

Prisons minister vows to end ‘toxic’ cover-up culture in England and Wales

James Timpson says he will fight ‘normalised’ sexual harassment, bullying and racism within prison service

The Guardian - UK

Prisons set to run out of spaces again within a year despite early release scheme, MPs warn

Many prisoner are living in ‘inhumane conditions’ and the government must act now to avert disaster, the Public Accounts Committee has warned

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The Independent UK

Prisons face ‘total gridlock’ in 2026 amid failure to increase capacity – MPs

A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity.

The Guardian - UK

‘Beefed up’ organised crime unit to target prison gangs in England and Wales

Prisons minister says team’s work is being expanded, as he voices concern about drone use and corruption of officers

The Guardian - UK

Killer of teenager Jimmy Mizen is now rapper promoted by BBC, reports say

Parents of murdered schoolboy say prison rehabilitation does not seem to have made any difference to Jake Fahri

The Guardian - UK

Tory plan for 20,000 new jail places ‘will be years late and £4bn over budget’ – report

NAO blames failures in Boris Johnson plan on successive governments’ policies and ‘unrealistic timelines’

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The Independent UK

Call for prison inmates to have free phone contracts to reduce suicides

Inspector warns ‘far too frequently’ he finds prisoners who took their own lives had no credit on their phone account

The Guardian - UK

MoJ cuts maximum time high-risk offenders spend in hostel supervision

Maximum hostel stays for serious offenders such as freed rapists and murderers reduced from 12 to eight weeks

Evening Standard

Mass poisoning at Kent prison as 'staff curry spiked with drug by inmates'

Three people were taken to hospital by ambulance for further checks

The Guardian - UK

Curators criticise decision to anonymise UK prisoners’ artistic works

Prison Service tells Koestler Arts to stop displaying prisoners’ first names in future exhibitions

The Independent UK

‘Disappointing’ more not done to understand inequality for prison leavers – MPs

A report also warned of ‘unprecedented pressures on the prison estate’ which it said threaten the quality of resettlement services.

The Guardian - UK

Staff shortages forcing England’s prisons into emergency ‘red’ measures

One prison has reported using ‘absolute last resort’ regime for inmates on 15 occasions this year

The Independent UK

Young inexperienced prison officers at risk of ‘grooming’ from most dangerous criminals

Exclusive: Nearly a third of prison officers at category A, high-security jails have fewer than three years of experience

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