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Drones are flying weapons and drugs into UK prisons, watchdog warns

Drones delivering contraband to high-security prisons pose a significant threat to safety and national security in the UK.

Drones flying into jails in England and Wales are national security threat, says prisons watchdog

Drones pose a significant national security threat, enabling drug and weapon smuggling into high-security prisons, thus compromising overall safety.

Drones are flying weapons and drugs into UK prisons, watchdog warns

Drones delivering contraband to high-security prisons pose a significant threat to safety and national security in the UK.

Drones flying into jails in England and Wales are national security threat, says prisons watchdog

Drones pose a significant national security threat, enabling drug and weapon smuggling into high-security prisons, thus compromising overall safety.
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Magistrates could give longer sentences under new proposals

Magistrates in England and Wales may receive extended powers to reduce court backlog and expedite justice processes.

Tories feign innocence as Labour give more prisoners early release | John Crace

Tory MPs show surprising indifference to government early prisoner release, undermining their law and order image.

Magistrates could give longer sentences under new proposals

Magistrates in England and Wales may receive extended powers to reduce court backlog and expedite justice processes.

Tories feign innocence as Labour give more prisoners early release | John Crace

Tory MPs show surprising indifference to government early prisoner release, undermining their law and order image.
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People detained under Mental Health Act dying at three times rate of those in prisons

Detainees under Mental Health Act have three times higher death rate than prisons.

New York Prisons Bill Would Make It Easier to Fire Abusive Guards

A bill has been filed in the New York state senate that would give the corrections department the power to remove abusive guards from prisons.
The bill would give the commissioner of the department the final say in cases of serious misconduct, bypassing third-party arbitrators.
The bill was introduced in response to an investigation that revealed the department's disciplinary system was ineffective at holding abusive guards accountable.

Prisoners with severe mental health needs spending months in isolation, report finds

Prisoner spent over 800 days in segregation due to self-harm in a damning report on the use of isolation in jails for mental health needs
Prisoners with severe mental health needs should be transferred to secure hospitals within 28 days, but this target is not being met

Suella Barverman admits Tories shamefully' did not build enough prisons

Suella Braverman criticized her own party for failing to build enough prisons, highlighting the need to address the overcrowding crisis in UK jails.
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