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ELITE PRISON SQUAD DEPLOYED TO JAILS 580 TIMES LAST YEAR
An elite group of specially trained prison officers had to be deployed to jails in England and Wales 580 times last year, figures show... READ MORE›
11-YEAR-OLD AFGHAN GIRL HAS BEEN IN PRISON SINCE BIRTH WITH HER MOTHER, A CONVICTED KILLER
Afghanistan's approximately 30 women's prisons have several hundred children accompanying their mothers. Here's the story of one of them... READ MORE›
'PEOPLE THINK WE JUST TURN KEYS AND SHOUT ORDERS'
What is interesting is that this first wave of graduates visibly challenges what a typical prison officer looks like... READ MORE›
PROBLEMS IN PRISONS PREDATE TORY RULE
However, placing the blame so firmly on austerity misses the key point that prisons have always been in crisis... READ MORE›
UK HIGH-SECURITY PRISONS LOSE ONE IN FOUR OFFICERS UNDER CONSERVATIVES
Other high-security prisons that have seen a significant drop in prison officer numbers include Long Lartin, where inmates rioted earlier this month... READ MORE›
PRISON OFFICERS TO GET BODY-WORN CAMERAS IN A?3M JAIL SAFETY BOOST
Prison officers are to receive body-worn cameras as part of a ?3m investment to improve safety in jails, the Ministry of Justice has announced... READ MORE›
BLACK AND MUSLIM PRISONERS SUFFER WORSE TREATMENT, STUDY FINDS
There is a significant racial diversity gap as BAME prison staff make up just 6 percent of all prison officers... READ MORE›
MAN EXECUTED IN US FOR PRISON GUARD'S DEATH FOLLOWING ROW OVER SANDWICH
Prosecutors have said the attack stemmed from a dispute over a peanut butter sandwich that Pruett wanted to take into a recreation yard against prison rules... READ MORE›
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TRIPLE MURDERER DOUGLAS GARLAND IN HOSPITAL AGAIN AFTER BEING BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS BY INMATES
The assault took place at the Edmonton Institution, just hours after Garland was transferred to the maximum security prison from the Calgary Remand Centre... READ MORE›
BIRMINGHAM PRISON RIOT: GOVERNMENT WAS WARNED TWO MONTHS EARLIER
Hmp birmingham prison rioters will face 'full force of law', says truss... READ MORE›
MILAN JOURNAL ITALIAN CUISINE WORTH GOING TO PRISON FOR
It is inside the Bollate penitentiary, a medium-security prison with 1,100 inmates on the outskirts of Milan... READ MORE›
PRISON CHIEFS SEEK COURT INJUNCTION TO FORCE PROTESTING STAFF BACK TO WORK
Day of action by prison officers over safety leads to trials being halted including that of man accused of murdering Labour MP Jo Cox... READ MORE›
PRISON HEALTHCARE SO BAD IT WOULD BE SHUT DOWN ON OUTSIDE, SAY DOCTORS
Healthcare is constantly at odds with prison staff as we ask for escorts that they don't have... READ MORE›
SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM IN PRISONS HIT WORST EVER LEVELS
NAO chief Sir Amyas Morse said Improving the mental health of those in prison will require a step change in effort and resources... READ MORE›
CONVICTED MURDERER MOLLY MARTENS HAS HAD HER HAIR CUT AND DYED IN PRISON AGAINST HER WILL, HER BROTHER CLAIMS
This picture was taken a month before the trial at a wedding I took Molly Martens Corbett to in Charleston, Connor Martens wrote... READ MORE›
WE WARNED THAT THE PRISONERS COULD RIOT. BUT THE MINISTER DIDN'T LISTEN
The prisoners involved in the riot have been sent, in small batches, to prisons across the country... READ MORE›
FIANNA FAIL WILL VOTE AGAINST MARY MITCHELL O'CONNOR'S SUPER JUNIOR APPOINTMENT
The two current super junior ministers are Paul Kehoe and Finian McGrath... READ MORE›
RIOT POLICE CALLED IN TO PRISON NEAR DONCASTER FOLLOWING DISTURBANCE
Ministry of Justice's Tornado team was ordered into a wing at HMP Moorland after an incident with about 10 prisoners... READ MORE›
BLANTYRE HOUSE PRISON IN GOUDHURST 'TO BE CLOSED TEMPORARILY'
The Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said Blantyre House prison is not being closed... READ MORE›
KERRY CALLS FOR TRANSPARENT REAL INVESTIGATION INTO NEMTSOV KILLING
It is for this reason, among others, that Shirin Gul is hopeful that she might be granted an early release from prison... READ MORE›
WHY WALKING INTO JAIL FILLS MANY PRISON STAFF WITH DREAD
The new justice secretary, Michael Gove, has a very different vision for prisons from his predecessor... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN GUN BATTLE AT VENEZUELAN PRISON
Fighting erupted between inmates and security forces in the prison in the city of Puerto Ayacucho, in Amazonas state... READ MORE›
ONE WOMAN'S STORY OF 16 YEARS INSIDE A RUSSIAN JAIL
Meanwhile, I kept writing appeals to prosecutors and the prison administration... READ MORE›
HMP WANDSWORTH LOSES REFORM PRISON STATUS
The other five reform prisons were Holme House in Durham, Ranby in Nottinghamshire, Kirklevington Grange in Cleveland, and Coldingley and Highdown, both in Surrey... READ MORE›
REGIME AT HMP HINDLEY ONE OF WORST EVER SEEN, SAY PRISON INSPECTORS
The latest critical inspection report comes after peers in the House of Lords cited the record level of prison suicides so far this year... READ MORE›
AMERICA'S LONGEST-SERVING INNOCENT PRISONER RECEIVES $1M FOR 39 YEARS IN JAIL
Mr Jackson was freed from prison in November after a long campaign by the Ohio Innocence Project... READ MORE›
'IF YOU DON'T HAVE SAFETY AND CONTROL IN PRISONS, YOU HAVE NOTHING'
Ian Acheson 'If you don't have safety and control in prisons, you have nothing'... READ MORE›
DRUGS MULE MICHAELLA MCCOLLUM RETURNS TO IBIZA AND THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
Convicted drugs mule Michaella McCollum has returned to the scene of her crime as she travelled to Ibiza... READ MORE›
PRISONS IN CRISIS DUE TO 'PERVERSE' GOVERNMENT OVERHAUL
This week we have seen riots in The Mount and Erlestoke Prisons... READ MORE›
PRISON OFFICERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES TO TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION
We made a good offer to the Prison Officers Association in December, which was endorsed by their leadership but rejected by the POA membership... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TO TRANSFER GANG LEADERS AFTER PRISON MASSACRE
Four inmates were found dead in another prison in the rural area of Manaus on Monday... READ MORE›
CROCODILES AND TIGERS TO GUARD PRISONERS
In November 2015, Indonesia bowed to international pressure and put a temporary halt on executing death row prisoners, so alternatives were sought by the authorities... READ MORE›
BLACK MAN JAILED SINCE APRIL FOR $5 THEFT FOUND DEAD IN PRISON
Jamycheal Mitchell who suffered from mental health problems was arrested in April in Virginia... READ MORE›
'SOME PRISONERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SKYPE FAMILY,' SAYS REVIEW
Lord Farmer's findings also show that there is little respect for family ties when prisoner locations are determined... READ MORE›
A BRUTAL SEXUAL ASSAULT SPARKED RIOTS IN AN INDIAN PRISON. REPORTS FOCUSED ON A CELEBRITY INMATE INSTEAD.
But this week, rolling television coverage of a protest at Byculla women's jail in Mumbai has transfixed a nation... READ MORE›
PRISONERS TO MAKE KIT FOR THE ARMY TO TEACH VALUE OF HARD DAYS WORK
Justice secretary Chris Grayling announces 10-year deal to produce equipment as part of wider-reaching changes aimed at rehabilitating offenders... READ MORE›
240 INMATES TO BE MOVED OUT OF JAIL
About 240 inmates involved in a 12-hour riot at one of Britain's biggest prisons are being moved out of the jail, the Ministry of Justice has said... READ MORE›
WHEN PRISON WORKS: INSIDE NEW HALL, THE WOMENS PRISON WHERE INMATES ARE EQUALS
Ayishah is demure, intensely distressed, in her early 50s and beginning a three-and-a-half-year sentence for money laundering at New Hall women's prison in Wakefield... READ MORE›