The Inspector Calls – insidetime & insideinformation
Nov 22, 2024 · Each month, Inside Time lists the latest inspection reports for UK prisons. Reports for your prison - including an easy read version - should be available in the prison library or online Brixton “Overcrowded and failing as a resettlement prison.” Public-sector men’s category C resettlement prison in London. Published: 24 September.
Investigation ordered into leak of prison maps – insidetime ...
Nov 25, 2024 · Government officials are investigating what has been described as a major security leak of detailed prison layouts which could be used to smuggle drugs and other illegal items into some jails. The Times reported that the plans have been published on what is known as the ‘dark web’, a number of small networks not linked…
Brixton and Holme House become reception prisons
Nov 27, 2024 · In a shake-up of the men’s estate as the Prison Service struggles with record numbers on remand, two resettlement prisons will be converted into reception prisons. Holme House in Stockton on Tees, and Brixton in south London, will serve nearby courts. HMP Liverpool, already a reception prison, begins in November to take young offenders –…
Most prisoners have learning difficulties – insidetime
Nov 22, 2024 · More than half of all people sent to prison have a learning difficulty or disability (LDD), new Government figures suggest. Among more than 20,000 prisoners who enrolled on an education course at an English or Welsh prison in 2023/24, and were therefore assessed, 55 per cent were found to have an LDD while 45 per…
IMB Watch – insidetime & insideinformation
Nov 22, 2024 · Every prison in England and Wales has an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) – local volunteers who check on how the prison is run and publish their findings in an annual report. Recent reports have focused on the capacity crisis and the poor state of buildings, especially at HMP Winchester. Coldingley In the original 1960s-built residential…
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Inside Justice – Talk to us! – insidetime & insideinformation
Nov 5, 2024 · Inside Justice is a small organisation with a mighty purpose. We overturn wrongful convictions and campaign for systemic change because no-one should face conviction for a crime they didn’t commit. Our multi-disciplinary advisory panel of the UK’s leading experts in law, forensics and criminal investigations work entirely for free, re-examining evidence and fighting for a…
Rehabilitation – insidetime & insideinformation
Nov 22, 2024 · Before the introduction of psychology programmes and courses in British prisons, which was not so long ago (the early 1990s), the way you showed the prison system that you were safe to be released, and that you had been rehabilitated, was by consistent good behaviour and co-operation throughout the sentence. The governor, and those below…
World Prison News – insidetime & insideinformation
Nov 22, 2024 · Lucky numbers bring a life of comfort They say life’s a lottery – but in one American prison, they’re taking that to extremes. Most of the 1,000 men at State Correctional Institution Chester, Pennsylvania, lead a regular prison life, on wings where violence and drugs are rife. But 64 men have been picked by lottery…
A glimpse inside Fosse Way – insidetime & insideinformation
Jun 2, 2024 · England’s newest prison, HMP Fosse Way, has been open for a year. To mark its anniversary, photographer Andy Aitchison was given full access – and the prison’s Director, Wyn Jones, talked us through its progress and future plans First some background. Fosse Way is a category C prison near Leicester, preparing men for release. Managed…