Prisons

Violence, overcrowding, self-harm: BBC goes inside one of Britain’s most dangerous prisons

At a time of major crisis for prisons, the BBC’s Sima Kotecha is given rare access to HMP Pentonville.

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Migrant sex offender released due to human error, Lammy tells MPs
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UK
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6 hours ago
Scotland's prison population rises to record high
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Scotland Politics
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15 hours ago
Concerns continue over drug use at 'smart prison'
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Northamptonshire
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16 hours ago
Baby P's mother 'could be deceiving' parole panel
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London
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4 days ago
Man claims brother's prison sentence is 'torture'
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Gloucestershire
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4 days ago
Cash boost for bus from city centre to prison
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South Yorkshire
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4 days ago
Welsh-speaking inmates 'told to speak English' in prison
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Wales
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4 days ago
Attempted murderer absconds from open prison
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
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5 days ago
Thousands of criminals could be released early under government sentencing reform, Tories say
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Politics
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6 days ago
Prison criticised over high suicide rate and drugs
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West Yorkshire
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6 days ago
Prison officer and inmate in court over relationship
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England
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20 October
Two people charged with prison smuggling offences
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England
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17 October
High radon levels at prison found 13 years earlier
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Devon
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17 October
Homeless prisoner died the day after early release
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England
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15 October
HMP Wandsworth slowly improves after cash boost
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London
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15 October
British detainee in Iran moved after prison deaths
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England
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14 October
Nurse struck off for sexual and racist comments
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England
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14 October
More or Less: Behind the Stats. Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign? Audio, 9 minutes
Donald Trump says three quarters of Swiss prisoners are not Swiss. Is he right?
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Coroner calls on jail to act on unusual phone activity
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Suffolk
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10 October
A quarter of inmates leave jail homeless - report
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Norfolk
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8 October
Beyond Belief. Prison Conversions. Audio, 28 minutes
The power and complexity of religious conversion in prison.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Inmates 'repeatedly' held in cells due to staffing
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Nottinghamshire
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6 October
Justice secretary calls for emergency prisoner release
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Scotland Politics
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2 October
Former detective guilty of prison drone drug drops
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England
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1 October