Sunday World5 天
Prisoners being kept awake at night by inmates having sex in ‘New Red Light District’
Prisoners at Magilligan Prison are being kept awake at night by inmates having sex in what’s been dubbed the ‘New Red Light ...
Grim drone GUN drop fear as brazen Irish inmates get drugs & weapons to cell windows & jail ...
INMATES are getting drugs, weapons and phones delivered by drone to their cell windows. And prison officers are ­fearful that ...
Irish Examiner6 天Opinion
Short-sighted attitude to prison overcrowding reflects our country's political cowardice
There is an illusion in some sections of society that prison can be a bit of a holiday camp. This is completely at odds with ...
Irish Examiner on MSN6 天
Unprecedented prison overcrowding leads to escalating tensions
Tensions are escalating in prisons due to some unprecedented overcrowding, with 1,000 in custody in the Midlands Prison on ...
Asharq Alawsat (English) on MSN11 天
UK to use police stations as prisons under emergency measure
Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British ...
BBC12 天
Prisoners to be held in police cells to deal with overcrowding
The government says 200 police cells will be freed up by the measures, which are expected to last for two months but could be extended depending on the size of the prison population. The ...
The Independent11 天
Overflowing prisons trigger emergency measure to house inmates in police cells
Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has enacted Operation Safeguard, which allows the prison service to hold prisoners overnight in police cells. Ms Mahmood told parliament on Tuesday that the ...