News concerning prisons and prison policy. 

 

Monday, May 26, 2003

UK's largest prison 'unacceptable'
Prison overcrowding and poor industrial relations led to an "unacceptable regime" at the largest jail in western Europe, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has said.
Liverpool Prison was described as "seriously under-performing" by Anne Owers, who found that parts of the jail were generally unclean, had cockroach infestations and broken windows.
BBC
11:11:50 AM    comment []

Prison Service merger 'possible'
The Government may merge prison and probation to create a single correctional service to ensure better punishment and management of offenders.
Ministers want to create a seamless approach between time spent in prison and the supervision of offenders in the community in an effort to curb reoffending. The drive for closer co-operation will become more important with the introduction of ?custody plus? punishment in which offenders will serve part of their sentence in prison and part in the community.
Times
10:59:29 AM    comment []

Prison union calls for Scrubs inquiry
Prison officers' leaders have demanded a public inquiry into brutality at Wormwood Scrubs.
Independent
10:51:25 AM    comment []

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