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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Drug-smuggling prison nurse to speak on podcast
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South Yorkshire
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4 days ago
British couple held in Iran are on hunger strike, son says
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Sussex
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5 days ago
Man denies murdering Ian Watkins in prison
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UK
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5 days ago
Abuse Survivor Calls for Domestic Violence Offenders to be Exempt From Early Prison Transfer. Video, 4 minutes
Natalie Queiroz says discovering her ex-partner's early prison transfer was devastating
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BBC News
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Early release of prisoners will cause victims anxiety, admits minister
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Scotland Politics
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6 days ago
Ex-partner's open prison transfer is 'devastating'
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Birmingham & Black Country
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6 days ago
Ministers Face Pressure Over Accidental Prison Releases. Video, 3 minutes
91 prisoners were freed by mistake between April and October this year
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BBC News
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Dozens of inmates found hanged in Ecuador prison
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Latin America
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10 November
Manhunt under way as robber absconds from prison
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Suffolk
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10 November
Heinous crimes and nursery rhymes: Inside HMP Wakefield
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West Yorkshire
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8 November
'Some children do not realise they are coming into a prison'
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South Scotland
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8 November
Rise in violence after prison legal high ban - study
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Sussex
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8 November
Algerian man mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison arrested
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London
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7 November
Wandsworth prison manhunt: What we know about mistakenly released inmates
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UK
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7 November
What are the numbers behind prison releases?
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BBC Verify
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7 November
Clerical error may have been behind release of missing sex offender
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6 November
Prisoner hands himself back in after mistaken release from prison
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England
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6 November
Wandsworth prison is by far the worst I've visited
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London
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6 November
The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
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Politics
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5 November
Boss of overcrowded, understaffed jail recalls 'worst week' of her career
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Tayside & Central Scotland
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4 November
Mixed progress at women's prison, inspectors find
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Surrey
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3 November
My pregnant teen toasts bread over a candle flame in Georgian prison, mum says
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Tees
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2 November
Did you know there is a secret tunnel underneath Oxford? Video, 00:01:05
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Oxfordshire
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1 November
Nearly 40,000 prisoners released early under government scheme
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UK
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30 October