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Prisons

Violence, overcrowding, self-harm: ��ý goes inside one of Britain’s most dangerous prisons

At a time of major crisis for prisons, the ��ý’s Sima Kotecha is given rare access to HMP Pentonville.

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'Prison parkrun helps rehabilitation,' says governor
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Northern Ireland
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7 October
'Barlinnie destroyed me, but it also made me a better person'
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Glasgow & West Scotland
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7 October
Prison system 'does not work' for women - Bishop
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Gloucestershire
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6 October
Prison isn't working for women, ministers say. Can it be fixed?
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6 October
Prison inquiry to reopen due to concerns, MP says
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Wales
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4 October
'No immediate response' to inmate's self-harm plan
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Derby
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4 October
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Prison education failing young offenders - Ofsted
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Family & Education
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2 October
Minister vows 'immediate action' at ‘squalid’ prison
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Kent
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30 September
Longer jail terms don't deter crime, ex-judge says
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Politics
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27 September
Alabama carries out second nitrogen gas execution in US
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US & Canada
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27 September
Reoffending prisoner was let out by mistake, ��ý told
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UK
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26 September
Too many prisoners released homeless, report finds
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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26 September
Community sentences need to be trusted more, minister says
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25 September
On-the-run prisoner may have been in Skegness
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Lincolnshire
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24 September
Jail failing to prepare inmates for release - report
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London
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24 September
Prisoner on the run from HMP North Sea Camp
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Lincolnshire
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23 September
Drones delivering drugs to prison is 'major problem'
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Kent
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23 September
'I saw people die in jail - where was my support?'
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Birmingham & Black Country
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23 September
Burglar stabbed in prison kitchen awarded £5m
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Essex
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20 September
Staff arrests at jail minister said was 'stable'
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Wales
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20 September
Some prisoners released early without being tagged
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UK
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19 September
Actor freed early from prison is rearrested
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Tyne
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19 September
Parc Prison now much more stable, says minister
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Wales
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18 September