Peter Clarke

Record Level Of Prison Suicides Points To 'Deep Rooted Failures' In System, Say MPs

'It is a scandal that people are languishing in jail for months instead of getting the hospital treatment they desperately need.'
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3 Bits Of Bad News Buried By The Budget

Excess winter deaths of the elderly, rising school exclusions and violence in jails.
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The Prison Where Violence Has Doubled And Officer Numbers Halved Since Privatisation

At HMP Northumberland, 58% felt unsafe and 61% said it was "easy or very easy" to get drugs.
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Labour Aims To End Tory Privatisation Of Prison Maintenance After Report Exposes Squalid Cells

Five-year deals with private contractors Carillion and Geo Amey that the MoJ entered in 2014 are failing to deliver promised savings.
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