‘Anyone who kills a police or prison officer in the course of their duty will face spending the rest of their lives behind bars, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced.’
Ministry of Justice, 8th May 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The sentence for criminals who kill a police officer will be increased to the toughest “life means life” tariff under new reforms tabled by the Government.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A triple killer has won £800 in compensation after some of his belongings, including nose hair clippers, cranberry juice and an alarm clock, were lost or broken in prison.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A prison officer who had sex with an inmate and supplied drugs to prisoners at HMP Birmingham has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Female prisoners in England and Wales have been coerced into having sex with staff in return for favours such as alcohol and cigarettes, a report says.’
BBC News, 25th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Wormwood Scrubs, the west London prison, is on a ‘knife-edge’, an official watchdog has warned, with an alarming 50% growth in the use of force or restraining measures to control prisoners in an increasingly violent, gang-dominated jail.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prisoners who have consensual sex while inside jail face being separated and possibly disciplined, prison governors have told the first review of sex behind bars in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prison officers have denied any wrongdoing after Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo lost two teeth when he was restrained in jail, a trade union said on Friday.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
George v Ministry of Justice [2013] EWCA Civ 324; [2013] WLR (D) 144
“A provision in a collective agreement allowing for time off in lieu within a specified period where a prison officer was requested to work extra hours was not contractual.”
WLR Daily, 17th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A former prison officer has been jailed for selling information to a newspaper
on Jon Venables, one of Jamie Bulger’s killers.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former prison worker and an ex-policeman have been jailed for selling
information to the Sun newspaper.”
BBC News, 27th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A triple murderer who attacked three prison officers with a broken bottle while serving a life sentence has secured an apology after authorities failed to properly investigate claims that he had been attacked by warders in his cell.”
The Independent, 11th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two convicted criminals who attacked prison officers and held a mutiny inside their jail have been handed longer sentences.”
The Independent, 24th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Prison officers staging pension protest meetings have been told they face the threat of a high court injunction because they are banned from taking industrial action.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man serving life for three murders has been cleared over a prison attack in which he stabbed three guards.”
BBC News, 9th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tens of millions of pounds in compensation have been paid to criminals, prison staff and visitors to British jails, new official figures have disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The two largest Civil Service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme which will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”
The Independent, 10th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An acting prison governor who had a sexual relationship with a woman inmate has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 18th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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