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Prison suicides rise by 64% in a year
11 Sep 2014:Call for overhaul of prevention procedures in English and Welsh jails after 'troubling' surge in self-inflicted deaths
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12 Sep 2014:
Originally published in the Guardian on 12 September 1977: The Home Office stresses that Bell, who escaped from an open prison, is no longer dangerous
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11 Sep 2014:
'Unprecedented' clauses guarantee firms 10 years of profits even if new government scraps controversial probation contracts
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11 Sep 2014:
Call for overhaul of prevention procedures in English and Welsh jails after 'troubling' surge in self-inflicted deaths
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8 Sep 2014:
PAC chair says it is 'utterly extraordinary' that outsourcing firms have bid for more contracts while being investigated for alleged fraud
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7 Sep 2014: Observer editorial: Justice secretary Chris Grayling can no longer ignore these shocking facts about the state of our jails
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3 Sep 2014:
Chief inspector of jails says review shows how budget cuts have led to staffing problems and inmates feeling unsafe
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2 Sep 2014: Eric Allison: The justice secretary either doesn't understand how bad things are, or he just doesn't care
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1 Sep 2014:
Though the former MP still seems in denial about his expenses fiddle, his observations of the futility of jail are poignant, writes Chris Mullin
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26 Aug 2014:
Letters: The issue of the work detainees do in immigration removal centres is more complex than your article suggests
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26 Aug 2014: The unencrypted backup drive went missing at HMP Erlestoke in Wiltshire last May
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23 Aug 2014:
Observer editorial: Incarceration is unlikely to resolve the complex societal and psychological issues that rendered them vulnerable in the first place
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20 Aug 2014:
Letters: The process of outsourcing has led to a regime where prisoners spend ever-greater amounts of time in their cells doing nothing
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19 Aug 2014:
Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, has admitted the prison service is facing "pressures" from an unexpected increase in the number of inmates but denied suggestions of a crisis.
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19 Aug 2014:
Plans by Chris Grayling to turn out lights and televisions in cells at 10.30pm are claimed to be dangerous to young offenders
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19 Aug 2014:
Sean Lynch was left with serious injuries after self-harming in Northern Ireland prison when his mental health deteriorated
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