Prisons

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Terror offenders due to be freed 'told they can't'
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UK
Posted
6 February 2020
Mum used Kinder eggs to smuggle drugs into prison
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Wales
Posted
5 February 2020
Prison locks to be changed as inmate steals keys
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Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Posted
5 February 2020
Open prison praised in inspection report
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Kent
Posted
4 February 2020
Jailed US cancer patient sparks justice debate
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US & Canada
Posted
3 February 2020
How do prisons rehabilitate terror offenders?
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Explainers
Posted
3 February 2020
Human rights concerns over prisons and police
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Scotland
Posted
31 January 2020
Hundreds doubled up in cells at 'overcrowded' jail
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Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Posted
30 January 2020
How an assault changed this prison officer's life. Video, 00:02:29
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UK
Posted
30 January 2020
Stories in Sound. Crumlin Road Gaol - Escaping Dead or Alive. Audio, 26 minutes
Comedian Ciaran Bartlett uncovers three strange but true tales of executions and escapes.
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BBC Radio Ulster
Available for over a year
More prisons to get 'game changing' X-ray scanners
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England
Posted
24 January 2020
'Not enough' probation officers for inmate numbers
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Suffolk
Posted
22 January 2020
'Being segregated in prison made me want to hurt people'
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Newsbeat
Posted
21 January 2020
'Safety concerns' prison out of special measures
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Sussex
Posted
16 January 2020
BAME drug offenders 'more likely to be jailed'
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UK
Posted
15 January 2020
Prisoner's cut throat death 'not suspicious'
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London
Posted
14 January 2020
'Worst prison' conditions 'improve dramatically'
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Liverpool
Posted
14 January 2020
Prisoner killed in throat slash incident
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London
Posted
13 January 2020
Rise in prison staff misconduct investigations
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England
Posted
13 January 2020
Stories in Sound. Crumlin Road Gaol - Escaping Dead or Alive. Audio, 25 minutes
Comedian Ciaran Bartlett uncovers three strange but true tales of executions and escapes.
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BBC Radio Ulster
Available for over a year
'Violence and self-harm rises' at troubled jail
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
7 January 2020
Dad blames prison '100%' for officer's death
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
2 January 2020
Positive Thinking. Keeping Whitney out of jail. Audio, 28 minutes
Jo Fidgen explores how we can stop women from going back into prison.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Max Clifford died 'after jail medication errors'
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
25 December 2019