The Howard League says the report into Wormwood Scrubs which found “persistent and intractable failings”, "lays bare the reality of what is happening behind bars".
Disproportionate numbers of black and minority ethnic children, and children from Gypsy, Romany or Traveller communities are held in custody. Children with disabilities and mental and emotional health problems, and with backgrounds in local authority care are also held in high numbers.
Two charities are warning that a loss of funding for repairs and replacement of gas heating appliances will badly damage thousands of people’s health, and could even kill this winter.
Critical services – including food, water and medical treatment – must be restored to the more than 600 refugees and vulnerable men inside Lombrum detention centre on Manus Island before a major tragedy occurs, says Amnesty International.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has published new fire safety advice for trade union representatives following the Grenfell Tower fire in London in June.
Prison reform will not succeed unless the violence and prevalence of drugs in jail are addressed and prisoners are unlocked for more of the working day, said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published his second annual report, for 2016-17.
Deaths, assaults and self-injury are rising in prisons, with safety deteriorating at a faster rate year after year, figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform revealed yesterday.
A new report – Staying On The Right Track by Dr John Stittle (Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Essex) warns of a “disastrous” return to the days of Railtrack if Network Rail becomes a for-profit company.