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UK defence firm Ultra Electronics to pay £15m after SFO bribery investigation

Company accepts it failed to prevent bribery in connection with contracts in Algeria and Oman sought through agents

The Guardian - UK

Expansion of HMP Parc in Wales should be paused, MPs say

Welsh affairs committee says Bridgend jail is ‘not the right place’ to add inmates after deaths, violence and staff shortages

The Guardian - UK

‘Serious and systemic failures’ at Oakhill youth jail prompt Government action

The youth justice minister vowed to prioritise safety after watchdogs issued an urgent notification.

Evening Standard

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BMW worker was fired after bosses authorised secret filming over back pain

Mohamed Kerita, who worked in the firm’s manufacturing factory, suffered with back pain from 2017, the tribunal in Reading heard

The Independent UK

Hotels, shops and pubs face money shortages as workers vote to strike

Banks, hotels, shops, pubs and ATMs face a cash shortage after more than 1000 workers voted to go on strike over pay — see the full list

The National (Scotland)

What public-private-partnership scandals can tell us about wrongdoing in the water industry

Water bills are going up in England and Wales, even after the series of scandals around water companies. Last year water firms paid £158 million in fines following a record-breaking number of sewage dumps in rivers and seas.

The Conversation

Victorian government to close Port Phillip prison as states increasingly ditch private facilities

Closure means Fulham and Ravenhall prisons will be the state’s only privately run jails

The Guardian - AU

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Victoria to axe lucrative private prison deal early

Two prisons will close in Victoria with inmates moved to facilities including a $1.1 billion state-of-the-art prison that's been mothballed since 2022.

AAP

Governor at new ‘super-prison’ suffering staff exodus will take over jail hit by 10 deaths in three months

Five Wells governor to take over at scandal-hit HMP Parc in Bridgend, Wales

The Independent UK

Prisoners locked in cells while guards strike over pay

Hundreds of prisoners in Victoria's largest maximum security jail were locked down after prison officers took industrial action to fight for better pay.

AAP

Three inmates taken to hospital after disorder at Welsh prison

No life-threatening injuries reported, but news follows spate of drug-related deaths at privately-run HMP Parc

The Guardian - UK

Security guards in Jobcentres vote to strike in dispute over pay

The Public and Commercial Services union has announced that its members have voted to take strike action.

Evening Standard

Spate of prisoner deaths at HMP Parc linked to drug spice

Ombudsman says it is likely that at least four of six recent deaths at G4S-run jail in Bridgend are drug-related

The Guardian - UK

‘I saw many people suffer’: former Del Monte Kenya guards speak of violence on pineapple farm

Exclusive: Former guards tell of clashes on farm that is facing civil claims over allegations of killing, rape and beatings

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Private equity groups collecting millions to run UK government-funded sexual assault referral centres

Exclusive: Charities concerned at profits being made from government contracts to help victims

The Guardian - AU

Australian authorities once embraced privately operated prisons. But some governments are taking back control

With Queensland, WA and NSW pulling back on the ‘marketised approach’, they could be leading a national charge

The Independent UK

Warning over more mistreatment if Brook House Inquiry recommendations ignored

Kate Eves said her 33 recommendations must be implemented ‘wholesale’ to effect real change and avert the risk of more abuse.

The Guardian - UK

Physical and verbal abuse found in Brook House immigration removal centre inquiry

Report identifies ‘toxic culture’ and potential breaches of human rights law relating to torture and inhuman treatment

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Evening Standard

Cap migrant detention at 28 days, Brook House inquiry recommends

A total of 19 incidents of mistreatment took place at the detention centre near Gatwick Airport in West Sussex in five months

The Independent UK

Guards at UK detention centre choked, abused and forced migrants naked from cells

Migrants were taken from their cells naked and dangerous restraint techniques used, the inquiry found

The Independent UK

Detainees mistreated in ‘prison-like’ conditions, Brook House Inquiry finds

A total of 19 incidents of mistreatment took place at the detention centre near Gatwick Airport in West Sussex in five months.

The Independent UK

‘Harrowing’ Brook House inquiry findings to be published after abuse claims

The inquiry into the West Sussex centre was launched after BBC’s Panorama programme broadcast undercover footage in 2017

The Independent UK

Brook House inquiry findings to be published after abuse claims

The inquiry into the West Sussex centre was launched after BBC’s Panorama programme broadcast undercover footage in 2017.

The Guardian - AU

Australia settles with family of refugee Reza Barati, murdered on Manus Island in 2014

Exclusive: The government has reached a confidential settlement with Barati’s family, who say they ‘fought for justice for Reza’

The Guardian - UK

Two-thirds of sexual assault support centres in England branded inadequate

Inspectors find failures to protect victims and risks of contaminating forensic evidence

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