02/04/2009 14:28:00
BT has reduced the prohibitively high cost of calls from prison payphones in England and Wales following a successful super-complaint issued to the regulator Ofcom last year.
The reduction to prisoners in call costs will be on average 12%.
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12/03/2009 15:06:00
The failiure of a multimillion-pound government IT system was today condemned by the National Audit Office.
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09/02/2009 14:53:00
An inquest jury ruled today that the death of Michael Bailey a 23 year old inmate who was found hanged in his cell in the segregation unit of HMP Rye Hill in March 2005 could have been avoided.
Assistant deputy coroner, Tom Osborne, said Mr Bailey's death was avoidable and branded as "shameful" the fact that he had not been transferred to hospital despite mental health problems.
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04/02/2009 11:46:00
Too Little, Too Late: An Independent Review of Unmet Mental Health Need in Prison, published by the Prison Reform Trust, reveals that many people who should have been diverted into mental health or social care from police stations or courts are entering prisons, which are ill equipped to meet their needs, and then being discharged back into the community without any support.
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01/02/2009 10:43:00
The National Council of Independent Monitoring Boards has identified prisoners’ unmet mental health needs as a foremost concern of boards across England and Wales. This report draws on the views of the chair of each board and sets them in the context of current research and policy.
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