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May 19, 2019

Scottish government to reduce ineffective short prison terms

Extending the presumption against short prison sentences will encourage the greater use of more effective community sentences and break cycles of reoffending, say Scottish government ministers.
May 10, 2019

Inspectors find much to commend at HMP Swaleside though progress assessed as 'lop-sided'

The prison was found to have become safer and more respectful since the previous inspection, but rehabilitation and resettlement work was now assessed as poor, the lowest assessment.
April 27, 2019

HMP & YOI Bronzefield 'an overwhelmingly safe prison'

Inspectors found Bronzefield to have a clean and decent environment and its key strength was the quality of staff-prisoner relationships.
April 4, 2019

Justice Committee criticises government’s approach to growing prison population

Justice Committee's report is 'a welcome outbreak of cross party common sense' says the Prison Reform Trust.
February 8, 2019

HMP Featherstone staff commended for achieving significant improvements

HMP Featherstone was found to have improved significantly since a poor inspection two years earlier.
January 29, 2019

Record number of disabled Afghans seek assistance from ICRC

Almost all rehabilitation staff are former patients trained and employed as physiotherapists, nurses, orthopaedic technicians, administrators and logisticians.
January 23, 2019

HMP Bedford: inspector invokes Urgent Notification protocol

Use of force by staff, including baton use, had risen significantly and was “exceptionally high."
January 14, 2019

HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall: positive work undermined by continuing poor regime

The Chief Inspector of Prisons says if the regime could be improved, Swinfen Hall could become a quite different prison.
January 9, 2019

HMP Lowdham Grange must improve training for prisoners

The prison, run by Serco, had become more violent since last inspected and there had been a “quite marked deterioration in the provision of education, skills and work”, though it was found to be a “mostly respectful” jail with reasonably good rehabilitation work.
October 20, 2018

New rehabilitation centre in Mosul gives hope to amputees

A new physical rehabilitation centre has been opened in Mosul. Constructed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Ninawa Physical Rehabilitation Centre was handed over to the Ninawa Directorate of Health, Ministry of Health.