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Prison Service needs strategy to deal with growing numbers of older prisoners, says Ombudsman

June 20, 2017

HM Prison and Probation Service needs a national strategy to address the needs of the increasing numbers of elderly prisoners living – and dying – in jail so that they can be managed and cared for more appropriately, said Prisons… Read More

Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, deaths in custody, dementia

Prison staff need to respond to dementia, says Ombudsman in new bulletin

July 28, 2016

The Prison Service needs to develop a strategy to deal with the growing number of older prisoners so that staff can manage age-related conditions such as dementia better, said Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) Nigel Newcomen. Today he published a… Read More

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