Prisons

Violence, overcrowding, self-harm: BBC goes inside one of Britain’s most dangerous prisons

At a time of major crisis for prisons, the BBC’s Sima Kotecha is given rare access to HMP Pentonville.

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Dartmoor prison to temporarily close due to radon
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Devon
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17 July
Killer to give parole hearing evidence in private
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Tyne
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16 July
Slain prisoner named as convicted murderer
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England
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16 July
Court delays lead to victims walking away - PCC
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Kent
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16 July
Young offenders' institute is most violent - watchdog
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London
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16 July
Murder inquiry after inmate stabbed in prison
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Stoke & Staffordshire
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15 July
Minister sees makeshift weapons on prison tour
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
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13 July
Labour’s first week: Eight key plans, and the challenges ahead
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13 July
Thousands of prisoners to be released in September
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Politics
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12 July
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Inquiry told young prisoner's suicide 'not preventable'
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Scotland
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12 July
Prison crisis will 'force' indeterminate sentence change
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UK
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12 July
Thousands of inmates to be freed as minister says prisons 'on point of collapse'
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UK
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12 July
Prison officer 'sniggered' at sick inmate warning
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Manchester
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10 July
Mum's anger over killer's Snapchat from jail cell
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South Yorkshire
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10 July
Violence levels at HMP Lewes a 'significant concern'
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Sussex
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10 July
Long-term prisoners may be released after two-thirds of sentence
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Scotland Politics
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8 July
Concerns raised around prison's drugs and violence
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Oxford
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7 July
We have too many prisoners, says new PM Starmer
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Politics
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7 July
Prison garden helps inmates 'make change in life'
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Guernsey
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6 July
Starmer: Early prison release to carry on 'in all likelihood' Video, 00:01:00
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Politics
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2 July
Charge over alleged inmate and officer sex video
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London
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30 June
Prison staff's 'health worries over radon'
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Devon
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28 June
Plans for Sheppey prison expansion revealed
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Kent
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28 June
Prisoners released early to ease overcrowding
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Scotland Politics
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26 June