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Urgent warning as prisoners could be FLOWN OUT of UK jails by drones capable of carrying adult men
Urgent warning as prisoners could be FLOWN OUT of UK jails by drones capable of carrying adult men

LAGS will be flown out of jails by drones capable of carrying adult men, prison bosses have warned. The remote-controlled devices are already being used to smuggle drugs and phones into prisons. But the Prison Governors’ Association has raised the alarm over a new flock of the unmanned aircraft d... Read more

The Sun - Dec 26
LA jails scale back opioid addiction treatment as fatal overdoses continue
LA jails scale back opioid addiction treatment as fatal overdoses continue

Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the system to reduce overdoses and in-custody deaths Read more

Laist - Nov 14
Early release of almost 1,000 prisoners from Scotland’s jails to begin today
Early release of almost 1,000 prisoners from Scotland’s jails to begin today

THE early release of almost 1,000 prisoners from Scotland's jails is set to begin today. Inmates across the country will be freed today in a process running from now until April next year. The programme is part of the latest Emergency Early Release scheme. And today will be the start of the third... Read more

The Scottish Sun - Nov 11
Almost all short prison sentences to be scrapped in bid to solve UK jails crisis
Almost all short prison sentences to be scrapped in bid to solve UK jails crisis

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is planning extreme changes to the justice system in a bid to try and ease the overcrowding in prisons and slash reoffending rates Read more

Dailystar Co Uk - Aug 24