More than 20 prisoners have died in a fortnight after contracting coronavirus, figures suggest. Provisional data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show the deaths of 24 inmates for the two-week period to March 1 were Covid-related. During this time, 1,478 prisoners tested positive in around half the jails in England and Wales. As of … Read more
More than 20 prisoners have died in a fortnight after contracting coronavirus, figures suggest. Provisional data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show the deaths of 24 inmates for the two-week period to March 1 were Covid-related. During this time, 1,478 prisoners tested positive in around half the jails in England and Wales. As of … Read more
Home Office has secret plan to use at least five prisons to house migrants who cross the Channel to Britain, whistleblower claims Detainee Operations Manager said at least five prisons could be ‘restructured’ It would provide short-term accommodation for the tide of migrants intercepted Officials are understood to have stepped up the use of hotels … Read more
Home Office has secret plan to use at least five prisons to house migrants who cross the Channel to Britain, whistleblower claims Detainee Operations Manager said at least five prisons could be ‘restructured’ It would provide short-term accommodation for the tide of migrants intercepted Officials are understood to have stepped up the use of hotels … Read more
Coronavirus death rates are THREE TIMES as high in US prisons and than in the general population, study finds Researchers compared coronavirus cases and death rates among the US population to prisoners There were 3,251 cases per 100,000 inmates, which is 5.5 higher than among the general public The fatality rate was 39 deaths per … Read more
Cases of the novel coronavirus in American prisons and jails have doubled over the last month. There are more than 68,000 inmates confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, reported The New York Times. According to the newspaper, the five largest-known clusters across the country are in correctional institutions, prison complexes … Read more
More than half of the prisons in England and Wales have an inmate who has tested positive for coronavirus, new figures have revealed. Data from the Ministry of Justice shows there are 232 prisoners who have tested positive for the deadly virus across 60 of the 117 prisons in England and Wales, as of 5pm … Read more
Jay-Z and Meek Mill send 100k masks to prisons that are ‘sitting ducks’ amid COVID-19 pandemic By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 19:37 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 19:39 BST, 4 April 2020 Rappers Jay-Z and Meek Mill announced they were forming a criminal justice reform organization last year. Now, to protect staff and … Read more
SOCIETY A BIT OF A STRETCH: THE DIARIES OF A PRISONER by Chris Atkins (Atlantic Books £16.99, 336pp) Documentary maker Chris Atkins is in a rundown cell with a psychotic prisoner discussing the intricacies of quantum mechanics. He has more prison access than any journalist could dream of, but there’s just one catch: he is … Read more