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Prison Service

since 2025 › Jan › 22 (Wed) @ 07:46 UTC

auto-detected in 11 stories

26 hours ago

‘Little progress’ in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 13 (Mon) @ 23:24 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Chief inspector for England and Wales says prison remains in ‘precarious state’ more than year after urgent notification

The Prison Service has made “very little progress” in enforcing a formal demand…

3 months ago

Governor of scandal-hit prison is sacked after he was filmed walking out of a brothel ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 24 (Wed) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Kellett, a Prison Service veteran, had been in charge at HMP Lindholme in South Yorkshire since 2011, overseeing more than 900 inmates and staff.

4 months ago

Child was recruited by prison to look after murderers and terrorists after series of blunders ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 09 (Tue) @ 10:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The latest in a series of bungles by the Prison Service, Emily Frith, 17, was given her own set of keys and radio and allowed to patrol wings and carry out headcounts at HMP Erlestoke.

5 months ago

David Lammy says 91 prisoners freed in error in England and Wales since April ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 11 (Tue) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Justice secretary tells MPs as many as four may still be at large and blames previous governments’ cuts for mistakes

The justice secretary has revealed that 91 prisoners have been released by mistake…

UK police hunt for two more wrongly released prisoners days after new measures brought in ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 05 (Wed) @ 20:10 UTC

a story from Euronews ⚠️ › Euronews

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The inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years.

Female prison officer charged accused of having illicit relationship with male inmate is set to appear in court ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Oct › 23 (Thu) @ 11:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Sarah Barnett, 31, who has since left the Prison Service to start working as a beauty therapist is expected to deny the charges when she faces a plea hearing next month.

12 months ago

Manchester Arena bomb plotter attacks three prison officers ○

found 2025 › Apr › 12 (Sat) @ 18:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Hashem Abedi, brother of the bomber, threw hot cooking oil in ‘vicious’ assault at HMP Frankland in County Durham

Hashem Abedi, the Manchester Arena bombing plotter, has attacked three prison officers…

Brother of Manchester Arena bomber attacks prison officers ○

found 2025 › Apr › 12 (Sat) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Three officers have been treated in hospital, the Prison Service said, adding police were investigating.

13 months ago

'Why is my son's killer allowed to gloat about it online?' Grieving mother whose son was killed in mistaken ID revenge attack slams Prison Service over jailed murderer's Instagram boasts ○

found 2025 › Mar › 03 (Mon) @ 20:59 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Kodi Wescott, a 17-year-old from Bristol, was found guilty alongside four others of the double murder of Max and Mason in Knowle West in a case of mistaken identity just over a year ago.

14 months ago

I am having a baby with my prison officer: Con woman jailed over a a £100,000 fraud scam claims she is pregnant after fling with Prison Service guard she met behind bars ○

found 2025 › Jan › 26 (Sun) @ 15:14 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Serial scammer Charmaine McAllister, 39, has even claimed to police that she enjoyed passionate trysts with then prison officer Chris Ward during her incarceration at HMP Peterborough.

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