Prisons

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'Multiple failings' contributed to prisoner death
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Oxford
Posted
5 November 2021
Children of prisoners supported for first time
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Oxford
Posted
5 November 2021
FM to examine prison drug letter claims
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Scotland politics
Posted
4 November 2021
'More than batons needed to control Ecuador's jails'
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
4 November 2021
Life and Death Row
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BBC Three
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge. Series 1, Law and Disorder. Video, 59 minutes
Louis Theroux reflects on documentaries he has made about American criminal justice.
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BBC Two
Available for 1 month
Stacey Dooley. In the USA - Series 1, Girls Behind Bars. Video, 57 minutes
Stacey Dooley meets the girls at 'Shock' - the only US prison boot camp for women.
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BBC Three
Available for 1 month
Violent and rotting jail fails inmates, audit says
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
29 October 2021
Arena. Voices from the Island. Video, 90 minutes
Nelson Mandela and other ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on Robben Island. (1994)
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BBC
Available for over a year
'I was warned I'd die very quickly in Russian jail'
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Europe
Posted
20 October 2021
Prison watchdog member in jail smuggling probe
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Liverpool
Posted
19 October 2021
Porridge
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BBC One
The sniffer dogs tackling prison drug smuggling
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Northern Ireland
Posted
15 October 2021
Meet the prison dogs sniffing out smugglers. Video, 00:01:54
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Northern Ireland
Posted
15 October 2021
Government urged to act over youth prison failings
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
14 October 2021
Distraught families wait after Ecuador prison riot
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
1 October 2021
'I saw photo of my son's dead body online'
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
1 October 2021
Two new prisons proposed near air base
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Essex
Posted
27 September 2021
Inmate numbers to be cut at violent jail
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Essex
Posted
24 September 2021
Prison and health staff failed inmate, jury finds
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Oxford
Posted
23 September 2021
Prison officer jailed for inmate relationships
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
23 September 2021