Prisons
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Well-behaved prisoners to be handed cell keys
Speed Read Ministry of Justice announces controversial reforms to encourage good behaviour
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What are secure schools?
In Depth The UK’s first alternative to youth jails will open next year in Kent
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Should prisoners be allowed to vote?
Speed Read Scotland proposes new legislation to give inmates serving a sentence of less than 12 month the right to vote
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Prison inmates using dead rats to smuggle drugs into jail
Speed Read Officers at HMP Guys Marsh in Dorset made the gruesome discovery earlier this month
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Islamist inmate’s pregnant partner shot dead following prison stabbing
Speed Read Woman killed during stand-off with police after knife attack on two guards
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Should shorter prison sentences be scrapped?
Speed Read Justice Secretary says six-month terms or less are ‘ineffective’ in preventing crime
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Majority of inmates at women’s prison ‘have signs of brain injury’
In Depth New study links prevalence of severe head injuries to offending rates
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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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