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Freed sex offenders being housed in hotels, warns watchdog
Speed Read Probation inspectors say lack of monitoring is putting public at risk
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Why does Wales have the highest imprisonment rate in western Europe?
Speed Read Study suggests sentencing irregularities and socioeconomic factors to blame
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Window bars to be axed in UK prison shake-up
Speed Read Reforms are aimed at ‘normalising inmates’ environments’ and helping boost rehabilitation
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Austerity ‘squarely to blame’ for rise in prison violence
Speed Read Labour look to link sharp rise in attacks and self-harm to government spending cuts
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Attacks on emergency workers in five shameful statistics
In Depth MP decries ‘national scandal’ as new law doubles prison time for assailants
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HMP Birmingham emergency takeover: what went wrong?
In Depth Government steps in after new report reveals shocking levels of violence and drugs in the jail
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What is on TV tonight? Sick Note, Keeping Faith and Spina Bifida & Me
Speed Read The Week rounds up the best picks for this evening’s television
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Why do so many more prisoners die in custody?
Speed Read Police Commissions says 23 people died in English and Welsh prisons last year, the highest for a decade
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Seven best documentaries on Netflix
In Depth From murder mysteries to nature epics, here are some of the most binge-worthy non-fiction shows on Netflix
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Why UK prison inmates are getting phones in their cells
Speed Read Move is part of new £30m package of measures aimed at curbing violence in jails
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Why the Netherlands is closing its prisons
Speed Read Dutch crime statistics make damning reading for UK ministers struggling to tackle overcrowded jails
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How photocopiers are reducing drug use in prisons
Speed Read Inmates have been getting high by smoking letters soaked in psychoactive substances
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M25 rapist Antoni Imiela dies in jail while awaiting parole decision
Speed Read The 63-year-old was serving seven life sentences for sex attacks on victims as young as ten
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Inmate given ‘indefinite' IPP sentence to go free after 11 years
In Depth James Ward was convicted of minor assault, but a now-banned public protection scheme kept him behind bars for an extra ten years
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