Prisons

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New £3m project aims to reduce youth reoffending
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Newsbeat
Posted
5 March 2021
Prison praised for handling of Covid outbreak
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Nottingham
Posted
5 March 2021
Prison healthcare staff 'tired and over-stretched'
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NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
4 March 2021
Two inmates die after Covid outbreak at prison
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Manchester
Posted
2 March 2021
County's new Covid spike 'due to prison testing'
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Leicester
Posted
26 February 2021
Gang war leaves scores dead in four Ecuador jails
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
24 February 2021
'Opportunities missed' before prison Covid death
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
13 February 2021
Inmate dies with Covid following virus outbreak
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Oxford
Posted
11 February 2021
Prison 'struggling' amid Covid outbreak
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
10 February 2021
Up to 500 new cells to be built in women's prisons
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UK
Posted
23 January 2021
Jail's self-harm levels 'stubbornly high'
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
21 January 2021
Bad People. 20. Murder Behind Bars: How does prison change you? Audio, 29 minutes
What happens when a man serving multiple life sentences keeps killing in prison?
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
Call to shut courts to halt Covid spread in jails
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Wales
Posted
11 January 2021
Don’t Tell Me The Score. How our environment shapes us: John McAvoy. Audio, 98 minutes
Lessons from the ex-armed robber reformed through sport in prison. Photo: James Mitchell.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Drama on 4. Release. Audio, 44 minutes
By Matt Hartley. Aimee's dad has been in prison for 9 years. She's 17. He's been released.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for 7 months
The top prosecutor with a unique background
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US & Canada
Posted
30 December 2020
Police station cells to become museum galleries
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London
Posted
18 December 2020
Inmate dies after prison assault
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Stoke & Staffordshire
Posted
16 December 2020
'Fantastic' prison rehab charity started in a shed
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Devon
Posted
16 December 2020
‘I was in prison at 20 - and a music executive by 28’
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Stories
Posted
13 December 2020
Coronavirus prison regime too 'restrictive'
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Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Posted
1 December 2020
Eight die in prison riot over Covid panic
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Asia
Posted
30 November 2020
Lebanon jail-break inmates die in getaway car crash
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Middle East
Posted
21 November 2020
Prisoner jailed for 'brutal' cellmate murder
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Nottingham
Posted
20 November 2020