Prisons

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Drugs, weapons 'smuggled to prisoners by drone'
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US & Canada
Posted
4 February 2022
Prisoners' 'solitary confinement' breaches UN rules
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Northern Ireland
Posted
1 February 2022
US locks down all federal prisons after gang fight
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US & Canada
Posted
1 February 2022
The prison that ran out of food
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Africa
Posted
30 January 2022
The Poet and the Echo. The Town Marshal. Audio, 14 minutes
Phil Crockett Thomas' portrait of a prison officer is inspired by Edgar Lee Masters.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Self-harm guidance to be aimed at teachers
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Health
Posted
18 January 2022
'These children believe prison is home' Video, 00:02:31
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Africa
Posted
13 January 2022
Photocopying prisoners' mail 'cuts drug overdoses'
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Scotland
Posted
12 January 2022
Troubled prison improving but problems persist
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
12 January 2022
'Credible' options needed to cut prisoner numbers
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Scotland
Posted
11 January 2022
Mum's legal fight over autistic son's conviction
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
10 January 2022
'I'm fighting to clear my son's name' Video, 00:01:17
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
10 January 2022
New Isle of Man Covid payment for those isolating
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Isle Of Man / Ellan Vannin
Posted
7 January 2022
The Inquiry. Can we get drugs out of prisons? Audio, 23 minutes
Tanya Beckett asks if we can get drugs out of prisons and help prisoners beat addiction.
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Why I quit accountancy to work as a prison officer
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UK
Posted
27 December 2021
Report links prison care failings to inmate death
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England
Posted
23 December 2021
Councillors reject plan for rural 'super' prison
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Lancashire
Posted
23 December 2021
Dartmoor Prison to stay open 'beyond 2023'
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Devon
Posted
22 December 2021
Kosovo agrees to rent prison cells to Denmark
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Europe
Posted
21 December 2021
Name suggestions invited for new prison
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Leicester
Posted
21 December 2021
Children with parents in jail need help - charity. Video, 00:01:29
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Liverpool
Posted
20 December 2021
Children with parents in jail need help - charity. Video, 00:01:29
Christmas: Children with parents in jail need help, charity says
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BBC
Posted
20 December 2021
Children with parents in jail need help - charity
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Liverpool
Posted
20 December 2021