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Warning drones could be used to lift prisoners out of jails to escape

Experts likened a high-security jail to an airport because there were so many drones flying in drugs

The Independent UK

Drones could lift inmates out of jails to escape, prison officers say

A watchdog has said deliveries of drugs and weapons to prison by drone are a national security threat.

Evening Standard

Fears of unrest as PM considers open prisons for more offenders

Unions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

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Why have England and Wales nearly run out of prison spaces?

Fewer than 100 spaces remain in men’s prisons, reports say, and magistrates have been told to delay hearings.

Al Jazeera

Emergency prison overcrowding measure activated as more rioters face jail sentences

The Government has triggered an emergency plan to avoid prison overcrowding as rioters are sentenced

Evening Standard

Prison crowding emergency measures a ‘sticking plaster’, Starmer told

Ministers activate Operation Early Dawn, so defendants can be held in police cells as more are sentenced over riots

The Guardian - UK

Crisis measures to tackle English prison overcrowding imminent, says union

POA chair says ministers could declare as soon as Monday that Operation Early Dawn is coming into force

The Guardian - UK

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Fresh UK prisons crisis as riots lead to fears of overcrowding

Exclusive: emergency plan set to be introduced that could see alleged criminals released and court cases delayed

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: probation chief questions if there is ‘enough time’ for early prisoner release plan – as it happened

Justice secretary’s plan includes extra recruitment but head of service queries timings, with moves to bring forward releases starting in September

The Guardian - UK

Sunak failing on pledge to tackle prison overcrowding as less than half of promised pop-up cells built

Exclusive: Pop-up cells are not suitable for dangerous prisoners and can only be used in certain jails

The Independent UK

Terrorism suspect may have had help to escape prison, says Met chief

Police also confirm they are searching for signs of former soldier Daniel Abed Khalife in Richmond Park in London

The Guardian - UK

Prison officers 'at breaking point' as sick leave for mental stress surges

The Prison Officers Association blames the issue on poor pay and jails being overcrowded, violent and short-staffed. National chair Mark Fairhurst wants trained counsellors employed on-site at every prison

Daily Mirror

Almost 1,000 prison guards hospitalised in just one year after attacks by lags

Mark Fairhurst, chairman of union the Prison Officers Association, called the country's prisons "the most hostile workplace in Western Europe" and said the most violent group of prisoners were the under 18s

Daily Mirror

UK prisons 'most hostile workplaces in Western Europe' as days off with stress soar

The Prison Officers’ Association says staff are facing mental health issues because they’re operating in the most hostile workplaces in Western Europe

Daily Mirror

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