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NHS should care for those in custody - The Guardian 19th October 2009
"The NHS should take over medical care of detainees in police custody because so few of those arrested are registered with GPs, a consultant forensic physician has proposed.
Police cells hold thousands of suspects who have problems with drugs and alcohol but no regular access to treatment, according to Dr Peter Green, of St George's Hospital, south London."
All children admitted to secure units have disability - The Times 29th September 2009
Every child admitted to a secure unit in Scotland last year had at least one mental or physical disability, a report revealed yesterday.
According to the figures, published by the Scottish government, there were 271 admissions to secure units last year, a decrease of 22 per cent compared with 2007 to 2008. However, the report said that “100 per cent” of the residents had a disability of some form. It is the first time since records on disability began three years ago that all residents have been disabled in some way.
Alcoholic hand gel removed from prison after inmates use it to make 'hooch' - Daily Mail 25th September 2009
A prison which installed alcoholic hand gel dispensers to combat swine flu had to withdraw them within hours after a drunken fight between inmates.
Some men apparently drank the stuff neat, while others mixed it with sugar and fruit to make hooch.
Prisoner 'drunk on swine flu gel' - BBC Health News 24th September 2009
A Dorset prison has removed anti-bacterial hand gel pumps, which contain alcohol, after an inmate reportedly got drunk on them.
The gel was made available on Monday at HMP The Verne in Portland to help combat the spread of swine flu.
Transsexual killer wins battle to serve life sentence in a women's jail - The Times 5th September 2009
A transsexual killer who was born a man has won a legal battle to be transferred to a women’s prison.
The prisoner, who was also convicted of attempted rape, will be moved to a women’s jail within weeks after a High Court ruled that the refusal by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, to transfer her violated her basic human rights and increased her long-term risk to society.
Transexual prisoner wins High Court battle to be moved to women's jail - Daily Mail 5th September 2009
A transsexual killer jailed for trying to rape a woman is to be moved to a women's prison - to protect his human rights.
He will now be housed with hundreds of female inmates after he claimed that serving his sentence in a men's jail was violating his right to live as a woman.
The High Court ruling comes despite a Parole Board warning that he still poses a risk of sex offending.
Double murderer serving life wins high court battle to have birthmark removed because it makes him 'self-conscious' - Daily Mail 2nd September 2009
A double-murderer serving a life sentence has won a High Court victory - using public money - granting him cosmetic surgery on the NHS to remove a birthmark.
Denis Harland Roberts was jailed in 1991 after being convicted of breaking into the home of an elderly couple and stabbing them to death.
Killer wins birthmark op battle - BBC Health News 2nd September 2009
A man serving a life sentence for a double murder has won a High Court victory over his right to have cosmetic surgery on the NHS.\n\nDenis Harland Roberts, 59, currently in a Co Durham jail for killing an elderly couple in East Sussex in 1989, wanted treatment to remove a birthmark.
Swine flu protest at prison - Liverpool Echo 17th July 2009
PRISONERS refused to return to their cells at a Liverpool jail after four inmates contracted suspected swine flu.
Prison guards moved to quell disorder in HMP Liverpool, better known as Walton prison, as rumours began to circulate that convicts hit by the bug were being taken into isolation.
Erwin James on the treatment of elderly prisoners in British jails - The Guardian 6th July 2009
Elderly prisoners - people like Ronnie Biggs - are the fastest growing age group in British jails. Often frail and ill, their treatment is inadequate and inhumane, says Erwin James
Older prisoners' shame - The Guardian 3rd July 2009
Ronnie Biggs is one of thousands of older people condemned to isolation and humiliation in ill-equipped prisons
'Illegal booze worse than drugs in prison' - report - Carlisle News & Star 25th March 2009
ILLEGAL booze brewed by HMP Haverigg inmates is more disruptive than prisoner drug taking.
A scathing report into the prison revealed drunken inmates are more prone to violence than those indulging in illegal drugs.
Scotland's female young offenders living in 'offensive' conditions - The Guardian 11th March 2009
A normal day for inmates at country's sole women-only jail described by prison inspectors as 'completely futile'
Jail healthcare 'not good enough' - BBC Health News 12th February 2009
Healthcare in prisons in England is still not good enough - despite a shake-up of the system in recent years, two leading watchdogs say.\n\nThe NHS has only recently taken control of services, but already the Healthcare Commission and the Chief Inspector of Prisons have said more must be done.
Psychopaths' 'early release con' - BBC Health News 9th February 2009
Psychopathic criminals are more likely to be released from prison than non-psychopaths, even though they are more likely to re-offend, a study suggests.
The Canadian research says psychopaths can charm and deceive prison staff and parole boards.
South African prisoners embrace yoga - BBC Health News 24th December 2008
The prisoners at Gruoenpunt Maximum Security prison in Free State province are among the most violent in South Africa.
They have raped, murdered, smuggled drugs or abused children. Many are HIV-positive and can expect to die in jail.
Inside prison their anger boils over and violence is common.
Concern over mentally ill inmates - BBC Health News 4th November 2008
Prison is inappropriate for people with severe mental health problems, according to a report from Scotland's chief inspector of prisons.
Dr Andrew McLellan said there were at least 315 prisoners in Scotland's jails who had a severe and enduring mental illness, 4.5% of the prison population.
Prisoners are being offered IVF treatment (but the Prisons Minister doesn't seem to know) - Daily Mail 23rd November 2008
Murderers and rapists serving time in jail are being offered the chance to participate in IVF treatment at taxpayers' expense so they can have children with partners on the outside.
An official notice has already been posted in a prison containing some of Britain's worst offenders informing them how to apply.
Number of babies born in prison soars - The Independent 27th October 2008
The number of children born behind bars has almost doubled since Labour came to power, with new figures showing women prisoners currently giving birth at nearly four a week.
Figures from the Ministry of Justice show that 283 children were born in prisons in England and Wales between April 2005 and July this year, an average of 1.7 a week. But 49 babies were born between April and the beginning of July this year alone, almost four a week, meaning the 2008 total could reach nearly 200 if births continue at the same rate, more than double the 64 prison births recorded in 1995-96 before Labour came to power.
Leading article: A prison scandal that should shame us all - The Independent 27th October 2008
The Government's disclosure, in answer to a question tabled by the Liberal Democrats, that an average of 1.7 babies are born each week to women in prison, has a melancholy and Dickensian ring to it. True, the prisons into which these women are serving sentences are not necessarily grim Victorian fortresses, but it is a dismal comment on the state of our society that we even tolerate the idea of so many children spending their first months of life behind bars.
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