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Attempts to stop prison drone drug deliveries hampered by crumbling Victorian walls

Plans to install tougher netting and window grilles set back because walls cannot take extra weight, prison governors say

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on drugs in prisons: the chief inspector has sounded the alarm – ministers must act

Editorial: The impunity with which organised crime groups operate in jails is scandalous. Blocking drones should be just the start

The Guardian - UK

‘Little progress’ in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says

Chief inspector for England and Wales says prison remains in ‘precarious state’ more than year after urgent notification

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Waist and leg restraints used on asylum seekers deported from UK, report finds

An inspection of a deportation flight in November found two members of the Home Office team fell asleep on the job.

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers removed from UK in waist and leg restraints, report finds

Inspection reveals use of force after protest by detainees being deported under ‘one in, one out’ scheme

The Guardian - UK

Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’

The Guardian - UK

Magilligan praised as one of the best UK prisons in inspection report

Justice Minister Naomi Long said it was an ‘outstanding result’ for Magilligan Prison when the justice system was under ‘immense’ pressure.

Evening Standard

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Handcuffs, hallucinations and riot squads: Inside the UK’s most notorious immigration detention centre

SPECIAL REPORT: Brook House near Gatwick airport was the subject of an independent inquiry after G4S guards were filmed abusing detainees in 2017. Now, The Independent has obtained stark written accounts from officers at the site that reveal chaotic conditions in which restraint and force are being used against vulnerable…

The Independent UK

Weight-loss drugs and hair-loss treatments being flown into UK prisons by drones

Weight-loss drugs, anabolic steroids, and hair-loss treatments as well as ‘bales of cannabis’ routinely flown into British jails, warns chief inspector of prisons

The Independent UK

Overcrowding, understaffing and old IT: chaotic context to prison release errors

Mistaken releases from HMP Wandsworth should come as little surprise given near-impossible circumstances

The Guardian - UK

Dangerous culture of accepting drugs crisis in prisons must be broken – MPs

A report published on Friday warned of the ‘unacceptable’ human cost from the crisis.

The Independent UK

Prisons crisis means serious criminals will be mistakenly released again, experts warn

Errors such as accidental release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, are symptomatic of ‘chaos’ in criminal justice system

The Independent UK

Migrant sex offender mistakenly freed from prison to be deported ‘imminently’

Downing Street has insisted that Hadush Kebatu will be deported ‘imminently’ as Justice Secretary David Lammy is set to face MPs.

Evening Standard

Ministers warned not to scapegoat prison staff over mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu

Justice secretary blames human error but other say there are systemic problems and targeting an individual is ‘unjust’

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Evening Standard

Mistakes in prisoner releases ‘symptom of system chaos’, warns chief inspector

Charlie Taylor raised concerns over the systemic problem going on in prisons that needs to be fixed by prison service leaders.

The Independent UK

Accidental release of migrant sex offender is sign of a ‘broken’ justice system, minister says

Steve Reed called for criminal justice system to be ‘rebuilt from bottom up’ after mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl

The Independent UK

Mistakenly freeing prisoners ‘more common because of changes to release’

The chief inspector of prisons’ comments come after it emerged that sex offender Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

The Independent UK

Jail with highest number of suspected suicides ‘putting vulnerable inmates at risk’ due to overcrowding

‘Inadequate’ support is leaving prisoners at risk after 16 self-inflicted deaths in three years at HMP Leeds, inspector warns

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The Independent UK

Revealed: The eye-watering cost of letting prisons crumble

SPECIAL REPORT : The ageing prison estate is in a dire condition after years of neglect, but the cost of outsourcing basic repairs is spiralling out of control, with shower upgrades in one prison set to cost taxpayers £7.8m, Amy-Clare Martin reports

The Guardian - UK

Education cuts in prisons ultimately endanger the public, watchdog says

Charlie Taylor hits out at risk of real-terms spending cuts in prisons in England and Wales derailing work to break cycle of reoffending

The Independent UK

Prisoner trapped on abolished indefinite jail term took his own life after government refused to resentence him

Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no family left to contact

Evening Standard

Highest number of prisons found to be of ‘serious concern’

Figures show 22 jails – 18.5% – were given the lowest ranking in the year to March.

The Independent UK

Prisoners let out ‘in error’ or held illegally beyond their release date in ‘squalid’ prison, watchdog warns

Inspector issues urgent notification over mice and cockroach infested HMP Pentonville after staff monitoring suicidal inmates caught sleeping on the job

Evening Standard

Cockroach-infested London prison held inmates illegally

The chief inspector of prisons also said the backlog in sentencing calculations at HMP Pentonville has seen some prisoners freed early.

The Independent UK

Cockroach-infested jail put into special measures for illegally detaining prisoners

Inmates had been kept in prison after their release date because staff “failed to calculate sentences accurately”

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