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Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, learning lessons, deaths in custody, women prisoners

Female prisoner deaths rising and prisons must take action, says Ombudsman

March 28, 2017

Prison staff must take action to prevent further prison suicides among women, after 12 took their own lives in 2016, said Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) Nigel Newcomen. Today he published a bulletin on lessons that can be learned from… Read More

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