Nacro comments on YOI Wetherby, where a teenage girl was restrained and stripped by male prison staff.
Following the release this morning of the Independent Monitoring Board’s annual report into the Cookham Wood young offenders institution which raised serious concerns over safety and decency for children at HMYOI Cookham Wood.
Nacro comments on the report by the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons concerning the inadequate state of Bedford prison.
See Nacro’s comment on new Government data about the rise in self-harm and violence against women in prisons.
See Nacro’s comment on reports on children in custody and Werrington Young Offender Institution.
Judges have been told to delay the sentencing of people currently on bail due to prison overcrowding, according to a report.
The Independent Monitoring Boards’ annual report on HMP Wandsworth has been released and reflects poor conditions.
The Justice Secretary, Alex Chalk, has announced new measures that will allow the Government to rent prison cells overseas which will mean that people will be locked up for longer.
Campbell Robb responds to Charlie Taylor’s comments on prison overcrowding in the Guardian, saying “this is a national crisis”.
Nacro analysis of data shows the shocking failings within the women’s prison estate, with self-harm rife and one in ten women leaving prison into homelessness.
