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Why Shabana Mahmood’s outlook on prisons is wrong

Letter: The justice secretary has not understood many of the issues surrounding the prisons crisis, say Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs

The Guardian - UK

Rise in deaths in state detention an ‘escalating crisis behind closed doors’

The Ministry of Justice said the increase was driven by a 16% rise in deaths in prison custody, which are systematically investigated by coroners.

Evening Standard

Mental health deaths inquiry hears about ‘denial and defensiveness’

The falsification of safety records was ‘well known within the Essex context’, the Lampard Inquiry was told.

Evening Standard

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Charity boss condemns planned anonymity for firearms officers accused of murder

Director of Inquest Deborah Coles said the change sets a dangerous precedent.

Evening Standard

Streeting says ‘Hillsborough Law’ taking longer than hoped as anniversary nears

Campaigners want a legal duty of candour on public authorities and officials to tell the truth and proactively co-operate with official probes.

Evening Standard

Hillsborough Law to prevent cover-ups ‘must be all or nothing’ – campaigners

The Prime Minister has previously pledged to introduce the law before this year’s anniversary of the tragedy.

The Independent UK

Family of man who died in custody say four-year wait for CPS decision is ‘form of torture’

Sister of William Cameron, who died in a police station in Berkshire in 2020, says delay has left family unable to grieve

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Deaths at young offender institution in Scotland ‘could have been avoided’

Call for prisons to lose immunity from prosecution after report into suicides of Katie Allan, 20, and William Lindsay, 16, at Polmont

The Guardian - UK

Don’t leave Covid and Grenfell inquiries to ‘gather dust’, families tell Starmer

Coalition of groups calls on government to set up body to monitor whether recommendations are acted upon

The Guardian - UK

The radical changes that are needed to fix the failings of our prison system

Letters: Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs call for a change in sentencing policy, a halt to prison-building, a cut in the jail population and investment in communities and alternatives to custody

The Guardian - UK

‘Outdated and offensive’: police in England and Wales barred from blaming restraint deaths on ‘excited delirium’

The pseudoscientific term, made notorious by George Floyd’s murder in the US, will no longer be used by the police watchdog

The Guardian - UK

18-year-old who killed herself in prison should not have been there, say campaigners

Mother of Annelise Sanderson says daughter, who had mental health issues, was ‘just another number’ to authorities

The Guardian - UK

Urgent calls for swift action in self-harm related prison deaths

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, Labour MP Andy Slaughter says

The Independent UK

Lessons must be learned from self-harm related prison deaths, ministers warned

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, meaning important lessons have not been learned, Labour MP Andy Slaughter said.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Focus on prison places is a political ploy

Letter: Britain’s prison system neither rehabilitates nor delivers justice, write Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs

The Guardian - UK

Cost of Grenfell Tower disaster soars to nearly £1.2bn

Exclusive: Costs now 4,000 times amount saved by replacing fire-retardant materials with combustible cladding

The Guardian - UK

Operation Safeguard will put prisoners in danger

Letters: Tory plans to use police cells to tackle prison overcrowding will make a crisis even worse, according to Deborah Coles, Joe Sim, Steve Tombs and Martha Spurrier

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North East teens tragically took their own lives after 'appalling' NHS mental health care

Christie Harnett, Nadia Sharif, and Emily Moore, all died within an eight-month period after long mental health battles

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The Guardian - UK

In Britain, a jail sentence is often a death sentence. What’s going on in our prisons?

Last year, 371 people died behind closed doors. We want justice for them – and an end to a cruel system, say Inquest’s Deborah Coles and Jessica Pandian

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to launch inquiry into inpatient mental health services after ‘systemic abuse’ allegations

Exclusive: The development comes after The Independent revealed allegations by 22 patients of ‘systemic abuse’ within children’s mental health hospitals

The Independent UK

Watchdog facing legal action threat after Chelsea Bridge death

Relatives of Oladeji Omishore want a judicial review of the decision not to hold a criminal or misconduct investigation in the wake of his death.

The Guardian - UK

Chris Kaba’s family back call for UN to examine police shooting

The charity Inquest has submitted details of death of unarmed black man in London to the human rights commissioner

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: What we do – and don’t – know about why Chris Kaba was shot dead by police

In today’s newsletter: The 24-year-old black man was shot by police in south London – but questions remain about how and why the incident became lethal

The Guardian - UK

Justice has not been done for the Grenfell 72. We must fight on until it is

Letter: Five years after the fire, there has been virtually no positive change, write Deborah Coles and Aniesha Obuobie

The Guardian - UK

Sheku Bayoh inquiry must be ‘watershed moment’, say campaigners

Hearings to examine 2015 death in custody in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, come after intense pressure from family

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