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Joined March 2020
Honouring Josh today, 1 year since his passing. We continue campaigning with others to expose the travesty & harms of IPP sentences. While injustice continues, IPP will keep robbing thousands of their lives & time. Josh, we carry your memory with purpose:
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Prisons systematically generate suffering and death | Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative:
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Wrong family informed after prisoner takes his own life at HMP Frankland:
itv.com
The prison service has apologised after the error following the death of Mohammed Ahmed at HMP Frankland, who was serving a sentence for attempted murder. | ITV News Tyne Tees
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No vote, no voice? | Instead of endlessly rehashing whether prisoners should vote or not, it is time to ask a deeper question | How can prisoners have a voice in the policies that govern their lives — without upending the UK’s constitutional traditions?:
legalcheek.com
Cambridge law student Jack Gower proposes a reform of voting rules for prisoners
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A prison reform charity is bidding for a government contract to continue operating its final restaurant, after recent closures to its other food outlets staffed by prisoners and redundancies made last year:
civilsociety.co.uk
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Open prison with worst drugs rate in country sees problem worsen:
bbc.com
A report finds more inmates at HMP Kirkham are testing positive for drugs than they were last year.
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End scandal of indefinite jail terms, Britain’s probation chief urges Starmer | Martin Jones said it will be an ‘affront to justice’ if people are still trapped on IPP jail terms for minor crimes in 20 years as he urged ministers to consider new proposals:
independent.co.uk
Exclusive: Martin Jones said it will be an ‘affront to justice’ if people are still trapped on IPP jail terms for minor crimes in 20 years as he urged ministers to consider new proposals
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IPP who took his life had been in jail for 13 years longer than his original tariff | Mr Gadd's death has been attributed to his losing hope of being freed from the open-ended jail term. Following his death, the prison was unable to identify a next of kin:
bristolpost.co.uk
Keith Gadd, 60, had served 13 years over the original sentence he was handed in 2006
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Indeterminate and long-term prisoners are dogged by stigma and ‘set up to fail’ on release, report warns | Prisoners have revealed their struggle to find housing and employment while living under an ‘overwhelming’ threat of recall:
independent.co.uk
Exclusive: Prisoners have revealed their struggle to find housing and employment while living under an ‘overwhelming’ threat of recall
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Employment challenges fuel reoffending by ex-prisoners | A survey of UK prisoners revealed how employment barriers faced by people with criminal records are fuelling the number of convicts who reoffend:
facilitatemagazine.com
A lack of job opportunities is driving ex-prisoners to reoffend, according to research.
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Prisoner trapped on abolished indefinite jail term took his own life after government refused to resentence him | Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no family left to contact:
independent.co.uk
Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no family left to contact
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Given the entrenched control of long-standing civil servants and the limited influence of elected governments over key departments, how can there be any meaningful reform of the prison system?.
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Former health care assistant at Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital jailed for smuggling drugs into prisons | It was revealed that from 2018-2022, Horton sent fake legal documents laced with 'Spice', to inmates at prisons across the country:
readingchronicle.co.uk
Laura Horton smuggled drugs into prisons on 20 occasions, using fake legal letters laced with Class B drug 'Spice'
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‘Gulag system’ must go, say Lords | Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan:
morningstaronline.co.uk
IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentences are back in the spotlight following the high-profile case of Joe Outlaw, who used the psychological harm from this long-abolished punishment in...
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There is a shortfall of around 10,000 probation staff to manage “offenders” serving sentences in the community, documents seen by the BBC show:
bbc.com
There is a shortage of probation staff to manage offenders serving sentences in the community, a report shows.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to address IPP rally at Labour Conference:
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New Rules for Progression Panels for IPP and DPP Sentences:
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The deputy governor of Wandsworth prison has resigned after it emerged he maintained undisclosed links with an organised crime figure while overseeing security operations at one of Britain’s most troubled jails:
slguardian.org
The deputy governor of Wandsworth prison has resigned after it emerged he maintained undisclosed links with an organised crime figure while overseeing security operations at one of Britain’s most...
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HMP Wealstun prison officer triggered 102 corruption concerns within 5 months | BBC News:
bbc.com
Megann Gibson, who worked at HMP Wealstun in Wetherby, has admitted misconduct in public office.
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