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Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, Annual Report, deaths in custody, prisoner conmplaints

Prisoners are dying preventable deaths as a result of alarming levels of drug abuse in jails, says Ombudsman in Annual Report

October 11, 2018

PRISONERS are dying preventable deaths, particularly as a result of the alarming levels of drug abuse in jails, and some prisons and their health providers struggle to learn from investigations into deaths, according to Acting Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO)… Read More

Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, Learning Lessons Bulletin, Use of Force

Use of force should be a last resort in jails, says Ombudsman

May 17, 2016

Staff face enormous challenges in keeping order and control in prisons, and the use of force must always be an option, but it should be a measure of last resort, said Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) Nigel Newcomen. Today he… Read More

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