Prisons

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Prison guards in hospital after drug 'poisoning'
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Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland
Posted
2 June 2023
Prison failings over spree killer's suicide
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Humberside
Posted
2 June 2023
Violence against prisoners and officers rising
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Humberside
Posted
1 June 2023
Prison officer sentenced for affair with inmate
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Wales
Posted
31 May 2023
Inquiry into deaths of two young Polmont prisoners
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Scotland
Posted
30 May 2023
Marked improvement found at 'hell hole' prison
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England
Posted
30 May 2023
Weapons crackdown at young offenders' institution
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Kent
Posted
26 May 2023
The £85m prison with no bars on the windows
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Tayside and Central Scotland
Posted
26 May 2023
Former Dorchester prison to host monthly market
Posted
17 May 2023
Thinking Allowed. Prison Abolition. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor considers the radical case for ending imprisonment.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Increase in violence at 'dark and dingy' prison
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Leicester
Posted
10 May 2023
Serious safety issues found at HMP Addiewell
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Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland
Posted
4 May 2023
'Life as a female prison officer is misunderstood'
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Newsbeat
Posted
2 May 2023
Storyville. Attica: America’s Bloodiest Prison Uprising. Video, 111 minutes
Documentary about the violent prison riot that gripped America in 1971.
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BBC Four
Available for 13 days
Prison violence concern after inmate's throat cut
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Dorset
Posted
25 April 2023
Courts backlog out of control, says Starmer
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UK Politics
Posted
19 April 2023
Trapped in the System. Audio, 28 minutes
Roddy Russell shares his brother Robert's story of an indeterminate prison sentence.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Inmates living in squalid conditions - report
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
12 April 2023
Bad People. 96. Personification of Evil: Who becomes a prison pen pal? Audio, 42 minutes
Patricia Cairns tries to help a notorious prisoner escape. But, why?
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
Inmates turn health-kick fruit into hooch
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England
Posted
5 April 2023
Increase in use of drones for prison smuggling
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Scotland
Posted
4 April 2023
Word of Mouth. The Life Inside: Philosophy in Prison. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen talks to Andy West who teaches philosophy in prisons
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Police seek prisoner released by mistake
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London
Posted
31 March 2023
Charles Bronson loses bid to be freed from jail
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
30 March 2023