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Legal bid over plans to use pepper spray in young offender institutions

The Government is being threatened with legal action over plans to allow prison officers to use synthetic pepper spray in young offender institutions. Charity Howard League for Penal Reform has sent a letter before claim to Justice Secretary Shabana ...

20 May 2025 at 15:29

Give prison officers the lethal weapons ‘they need’, Jenrick says

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said prison officers dealing with violent inmates must get the lethal weapons “they need” as he defended calls for specialist armed teams in jails. The Conservatives said secure armouries should be ...

01 Jun 2025 at 11:57

Scotland

More than 2,500 attacks on prison staff recorded over last decade, figures show

The Scottish Government has been urged to take action after statistics showed there were more than 250 assaults on prison staff on average each year over the last decade. A freedom of information (FOI) request by the Scottish Conservatives ...

25 Dec 2024 at 15:56

Scotland

More than 2,500 attacks on prison staff recorded over last decade, figures show

28 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Prison deaths hit highest 12-month total this century, figures show

The number of people dying in prisons in England and Wales has reached its highest total for a 12-month period this century, figures show. There were 411 deaths recorded in the year to September, up 30% from 317 in the ...

30 Oct 2025 at 16:19

Killamarsh killer handed another life sentence for prison hammer attack

A former cage fighter serving a whole-life tariff for murdering his pregnant partner and three children has been handed a further life sentence for a hammer attack on a fellow inmate at a maximum security prison. ...

23 Feb 2026 at 16:05

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