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Drones used to give drugs to inmates after they develop habit in jail

Nearly a quarter of prisoners at HMP Lindholme had developed drug problems in jail, with drones being used to bring them inside prison gates

The Independent UK

Migrants sexually harassed and injured in ‘unsafe’ Home Office detention centre

Almost half of those held at Yarl’s Wood removal centre have had suicidal thoughts

The Independent UK

Criminals may be freed early to ease overcrowding as prison crisis laid bare

Dire warning from the chief of UK prison governors who tells The Independent the ‘nuclear button could be pressed very soon’

The Independent UK

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Prisons struggle to keep staff as officers leave for Border Force and police

Many opt for ‘less stressful’ jobs at ports and airports, while senior officers say young staff quit as they don’t like to be without phones

The Guardian - UK

Criminal gangs in UK sending recruits to train as prison officers, union warns

Exclusive: POA says corrupt officers are then used for sole purpose of smuggling in drugs and phones

The Guardian - UK

Record number of trials adjourned over failure to bring suspects from prison to court

Exclusive: Defendants stuck in custody vans miles from court while victims, witnesses, lawyers and police spend wasted hours awaiting them at ‘untold’ cost

The Independent UK

Young inexperienced prison officers at risk of ‘grooming’ from most dangerous criminals

Exclusive: Nearly a third of prison officers at category A, high-security jails have fewer than three years of experience

The Independent UK

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One in ten prisons should close down, says watchdog

The chief inspector of prisons said a lot of jails have got far more prisoners than they were originally designed for.

The Independent UK

One in 10 prisons in England and Wales should be shut down, watchdog says

Exclusive: Chief inspector of prisons says 14 Victorian jails cannot provide proper accommodation for inmates

The Guardian - UK

Fears prisons could be run by gangs as thousands of guards quit

Thousands of experienced officers have quit the service, leaving prisons vulnerable to increased violence and control by gangs

The Independent UK

Prisoner in critical condition after stabbing at HMP Wandsworth

Attack comes in the week that Daniel Khalife escaped from the jail in south-west London

The Guardian - UK

Inmates moved out of Wandsworth Prison after Daniel Khalife escape

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said the move has been made out of an ‘abundance of caution’

The Independent UK

Around 40 inmates moved out of Wandsworth Prison after Daniel Khalife escape

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said the move has been made out of an ‘abundance of caution’.

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife escape: Anarchy revealed inside prison-break Wandsworth jail where inmates call the shots

Ex-soldier suspected of spying for Iran belonged to British regiment dealing with ‘highly sensitive’ communications for key Nato reaction force, The Independent understands

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The Independent UK

Anarchy revealed inside prison-break Wandsworth jail where prisoners call the shots

Ex-soldier suspected of spying for Iran belonged to British regiment dealing with ‘highly sensitive’ communications for key Nato reaction force, The Independent understands

The Independent UK

Prison escape: HMP Wandsworth ‘needs closing’, says chief inspector of prisons, after Daniel Khalife case

Charlie Taylor said in an ideal world he would shut the prison, but it was needed to service the courts and because of a ‘crisis’ in prison places

Evening Standard

Daniel Abed Khalife: Prison escape could have been ‘inside job’ say police, as Richmond Park searched

Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called Khalife’s escape from HMP Wandsworth ‘clearly pre-planned’ and ‘very concerning’

The Independent UK

Police keeping ‘open mind’ on whether escaped terror suspect has left country

Met Police counter-terrorism commander Dominic Murphy not ruling out outside help in escape from HMP Wandsworth.

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The Independent UK

HMP Wandsworth needs closing, says chief inspector of prisons

Charlie Taylor said in an ideal world he would shut the prison, but it was needed to service the courts and because of a ‘crisis’ in prison places.

The Guardian - UK

Escaped prisoner: no confirmed sightings of Daniel Khalife since his escape, police say – as it happened

Lack of confirmed sightings ‘a little unusual’, says head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command

The Independent UK

What are the outstanding questions in the wake of the Wandsworth prison escape?

Daniel Khalife was reportedly initially in custody at maximum security Belmarsh prison.

The Independent UK

Wandsworth prison performance rated ‘serious concern’ before escape

In the Annual Prison Performance Ratings for 2022/23, published in July, it was rated as a ‘serious concern’.

The Independent UK

Wandsworth prison warned last year over front gate security after inmate escape

Revelation comes as police hunt for terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife who fled HMP Wandsworth ‘clinging to a delivery van’

The Guardian - UK

Jail housing Charles Bronson is ‘fundamentally unsafe’, says watchdog

‘Urgent support’ needed over high levels of violence and drugs at understaffed HMP Woodhill

The Independent UK

Watchdog calls for ‘urgent improvement’ of high-security jail holding Charles Bronson

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor wrote to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk to issue an urgent notification for improvement at HMP Woodhill.

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