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Low-level offenders to be spared jail to free up space in overcrowded prisons
The Independent UK via AOL· 7 months agoLow-level offenders are to be spared jail and made to do community service in a bid to free up space...
Public put in ‘greater danger’ due to failure to rehabilitate prisoners in overcrowded jails
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoThe public is being put in “greater danger” as more prisoners are released from overcrowded jails...
Urgent warning over ‘squalid overcrowded’ prison where inmate escaped on stolen bike
The Independent UK via AOL· 6 months agoAn emergency warning has been issued over the state of a prison where inspectors criticised squalid...
Judges ordered not to jail burglars and rapists due to crowded prisons – report
Press Association News via AOL· 7 months agoJudges have been told not to send some convicted criminals to jail due to prisons nearing capacity,...
Jail dealing with ‘near-tsunami of drugs’, Chief Inspector of Prisons says
Press Association News via AOL· 2 months agoInexperienced prison officers have been struggling to deal with a “near-tsunami” of drugs, high...
Suicide and violence in prisons rise by nearly 25%, as self-harm hits all-time high among women...
The Independent UK via AOL· 6 months agoSuicide and serious violence have risen by nearly a quarter in men’s prisons in England and Wales,...
Wandsworth prison warned last year over front gate security after inmate escape
The Independent UK via AOL· 8 months agoSerious security concerns at the prison where a terror suspect escaped by clinging to a food...
Safer Kentucky Act would add thousands of state inmates. Is there room for them?
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 month agoKentucky lawmakers are ready to pass a huge crime bill, the Safer Kentucky Act, and incarcerate more...
Inmates Are Being 'Cooked Alive' In Texas Prisons — 'This Is Not A Political Issue, This Is A...
YourTango via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPhoto: Peppinuzzo / Shutterstock The condition of American prisons are truly horrific. As reported...
Prisons ‘time bomb’ warning as officers say they are unsafe, understaffed and underpaid
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoThe government is sitting on a prisons “time bomb” as officers say they are unsafe, understaffed and...