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Chemical castration for sex offenders to be trialled in 20 prisons

Lucy Clarke-Billings BBC News Getty Twenty prisons in England will pilot the chemical castration of sex offenders, the justice secretary…

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Politics

More inmates released early to stop prisons running out of space

More than a thousand inmates will be released early to free up spaces in prisons in England and Wales, the…

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World

French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks

Vehicles were set alight outside several French prisons, and one jail was hit by gunfire from an automatic weapon, in…

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Environment

Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas | Protest

A record number of people who have taken part in protests will be in prison in the UK this Christmas,…

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Politics

Shabana Mahmood says prisons may still run out of space

PA Media Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood – pictured here last month – has spoken to the BBC The justice secretary…

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World

Footage shows people emerging from Assad’s notorious prisons

ADMSP In one clip, a young child wanders through an open cell door Footage has shown prisoners being freed from…

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Politics

Prisons plan will fall short by 2027, watchdog warns

Government plans to tackle the prisons crisis will fall short of thousands of cells and be £4bn over-budget in two…

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