Mould leaves new prison cells empty during crime crisis
New units at a prison and remand centre are uninhabitable after black mould infestations the government blames on shoddy ...
Hoddle St killer Julian Knight to be relocated to medium-security prison under shake-up of corrections system
Hoddle St killer Julian Knight is set to be moved to a medium-security prison for the first time in almost 40 years in a ...
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Union secretary claims concerns regarding new prison builds were dismissed
The Victorian Government is on a hiring spree to recruit more prison officers as hundreds of beds have been left empty for ...
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Union secretary claim concerns regarding new prison builds were dismissed following revelations of defects
The Victorian Government is on a hiring spree to recruit more prison officers as hundreds of beds have been left empty for ...
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New prison opens amidst growing crisis
A new nearly 1,500-place prison in Yorkshire aims to address the pressing issue of prison capacity ...
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Inside story: How Kier completed the UK’s first all-electric prison
Working on a site in the remote Yorkshire countryside, the task of building the UK’s first all-electric prison was always ...
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Kier completes UK’s first all-electric prison
Working on a site in the remote Yorkshire countryside, the task of building the UK’s first all-electric prison was always going to have its challenges for ...
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£2m per extra prisoner place for new Scots jail despite crisis alerts
Work on the 200-capacity prison has already begun on the outskirts of Inverness as a long-awaited replacement for an antiquated, Victorian-built and frequently overcrowded Porterfield jail ...
Annual cost of prisons doubles despite 25 years of jail crisis alerts
The taxpayer cost of Scotland's jails has soared to over £77,000 per prisoner - as the price of building new jails to end overcrowding ...
The daring real life escapes and break-out attempts from Manchester's Strangeways prison
It was rebuilt after the notorious Strangeways riot in April 1990, which was the largest disturbance in the prison service's ...
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Inquest told of inmate's final days before death at Loddon Prison
Clinton Austin was struggling to breathe, vomiting and sweating through his clothes before he died in custody at a central Victorian prison. He was told by a doctor he had gastro. A few hours ...