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Inside the growing crisis facing the UK’s prison system

Britain’s prison system is facing mounting pressure as overcrowding, funding cuts and rising reoffending rates strain the ...
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Outdated and overcrowded: How the UK’s prisons compare to Europe

Emergency measures have been introduced by the Justice Secretary in order to prevent the prisons system from reaching full capacity by November. Shabana Mahmood introduced plans on Wednesday to ...

Inside UK bloodbath prisons where lags are ‘jumping at chance’ to kill notorious inmates like Ian Huntley & Ian Watkins

CHILD killer Ian Huntley lay in a pool of blood after having his head “split in two” by a fellow lag this week – leaving him fighting for his life. Prisoner on prisoner attacks ...
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UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds

The UK’s prison overcrowding crisis has been fuelled by politicians‘ attempts to seem “tough on crime”, a major government review has found. The Independent Sentencing Review report is a stark break ...

Ian Huntley, one of UK’s most notorious child killers, has died, days after being attacked in prison

One of Britain’s most notorious child killers has died, days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in the workshop of a maximum security prison.
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British prison officer admits to inappropriate months-long relationship with inmate

A British prison officer could be headed for her own cell after recently fessing up to a month-long inappropriate relationship with an inmate, according to a report. Megan Breen, 23, made the shocking ...