by Sam | 15 Sep 2014 | Justice
An independent Commission on Sex in Prison set up by the Howard League Penal Reform today published a report showing that as many as 1,650 prisoners may have been sexually abused while serving their sentences. The League said the Commission’s research into the issue...
by Sam | 19 Aug 2014 | Justice
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has denied there is a crisis in British prisons. Grayling acknowledged that prisons in England and Wales face problems with violence, suicides and staff shortages but said outright there is “not a crisis in our prisons”. It comes as a...
by Sam | 6 Aug 2014 | Justice
A report published today by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons concludes Glen Parva youth offenders’ institution in Leicestershire is not safe. The report notes 11 points of concern, including a 25 per cent increase in assaults from 2012 to 2013; a 32 per cent...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Outsourcing, Politics
A court hearing into recent disturbances at Oakwood Prison, run by private firm G4S, has heard that three inmates were told by a jail gang to throw excrement over guards during the disturbance. The disorder, described as a “full scale riot”, took place...
