Prisons

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Health Check. Covid vaccination in prisons. Audio, 26 minutes
Covid vaccination in prisons; do incentives like free tuition get people to get the jab
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BBC World Service
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Suicide prevention 'inadequate' over jail death
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Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Posted
23 July 2021
Mass testing as Covid outbreak hits prison
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Tayside and Central Scotland
Posted
17 July 2021
Community justice target not met, says watchdog
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Scotland
Posted
15 July 2021
Designs for Holloway Prison homes revealed
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London
Posted
12 July 2021
Prison segregating mentally ill women criticised
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Scotland
Posted
8 July 2021
Prison review after solicitor made to remove bra
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Europe
Posted
7 July 2021
'Prison is the safest place for my mum'
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Wales
Posted
6 July 2021
'More support needed to break prison cycle' Video, 00:03:30
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Wales
Posted
5 July 2021
Man jailed for throwing drugs packages into prison
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Manchester
Posted
2 July 2021
Four Thought. Mums in Prison. Audio, 22 minutes
Dr Shona Minson argues that we shouldn't punish children if their parents go to prison.
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BBC Radio 4
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File on 4 Investigates. A Death Sentence? Audio, 37 minutes
A death sentence? The inmates dying after poor healthcare in prison.
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BBC Radio 4
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Jail term more than doubled for one-punch killer
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Stoke & Staffordshire
Posted
25 June 2021
Six killed in Mexico prison gang fight
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
23 June 2021
Mouse plague forces jail evacuation in Australia
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Australia
Posted
22 June 2021
Bad People. 32. Jimmy McGovern: Doing Time. Audio, 45 minutes
Mark is drunk. Again. But this time it lands him in prison for an awful crime.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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Inquiry call over prison officer stabbing
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Wales
Posted
16 June 2021
Heart and Soul. Ministering behind bars. Audio, 27 minutes
The religious leaders working to rehabilitate prisoners through faith
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BBC World Service
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Women offenders being let go to homelessness - MPs
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UK
Posted
8 June 2021
Urgent review call after unlawful detention death
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
5 June 2021
Death of unlawfully detained inmate raises concern
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
3 June 2021
Dogs fill visiting void for prisoners during Covid. Video, 00:02:13
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Wales
Posted
3 June 2021
Prison officers take dogs to work to ease tensions
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Wales
Posted
3 June 2021