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A prisons union warns staff could be killed after attacks on officers leaves them in hospital. Families speak of their fears for inmates at HMP Five Wells in Northamptonshire. Andrew Winspear, 53 ...
HMP Wealstun is a category C men’s prison in West Yorkshire, which houses approximately 800 prisoners.Following the initial bid in early 2023 and a comprehensive onboarding process, SBFM is the ...
Mr Willetts said a male prison officer was assaulted before having a TV thrown at him, while a female officer suffered a broken arm. A HMPPS (HM Prison and Probation Service) spokesperson confirmed ...
Recent escalating prison violence has been described as "out of control" by a union boss amid three separate attacks which have left five officers injured. Steve Gillan, general secretary of the ...
A spokesperson for HM Prison Service said it would "carefully consider" the judgement. When Mr Mbonu first began working at HMP Swaleside in 2018, he said he was thrilled and wanted to make a ...
Steve Gillan POA General Secretary said: “Escalating levels of violence are out of control in the prison service in England and Wales. "It appears that HMPPS [HM Prison and Probation Service ...
The HM Inspectorate of Prisons report said the transition to a new management contract at the prison was at the root of many of its problems, at a time when its former director had left along with ...
Phil Copple, chief executive of HM Prison and Probation Service, said: “The criminal misconduct in this case lets down the public we serve as well as the vast majority of honest and hardworking prison ...
Phil Copple, chief executive of HM Prison and Probation Service, said: “The criminal misconduct in this case lets down the public we serve as well as the vast majority of honest and hardworking ...
Phil Copple, chief executive of HM Prison and Probation Service, said: “The criminal misconduct in this case lets down the public we serve as well as the vast majority of honest and hardworking ...