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DISTURBANCE AT MORTON HALL
The Prison Service confirmed that a disturbance at Morton Hall female prison in Lincolnshire resulted in damage to the prison.
BBC News Online 24/08/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/3175013.stm
DIRTY PROTESTS TO CONTINUE
Republicans are refusing to end their dirty protests at Maghaberry Prison until they are segregated.
Observer 24/08/03 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1028463,00.html
OMBUDSMAN TO INVESTIGATE STYAL DEATHS
The Prisons & Probation Ombudsman, Dr Stephen Shaw, is to investigate a series of suicides at Styal women's prison in Cheshire. This is the first time the Ombudsman has taken such a role.
BBC News Online 21/08/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3170687.stm
Guardian 22/08/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1027316,00.html
SUICIDE AT ARMLEY PRISON
A 24 year-old man was found hanging at HMP Leeds.
BBC News Online 20/08/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/3166651.stm
Guardian 21/08/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1026063,00.html
CALL TO WIPE PRISON RECORDS
Republicans and Loyalists in Northern Ireland are calling for the prison records of those released under the Good Friday Agreement to be wiped clean.
BBC News Online 19/08/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3165263.stm
ASBESTOS RISK IN PRISONS
The Liberal Democrats have claimed that 129 of the 138 prisons in England and Wales have asbestos in their structures, and have warned the government of the risk of claims from ex-prisoners.
BBC News Online 19/08/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/3164431.stm
HOLLESLEY BAY LIFER RECAPTURED
A lifer who absconded from Hollesley Bay open prison has been recaptured.
BBC News Online 19/08/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3162987.stm
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY AWARD FOR PRISONER
A drug-offender has been awarded by the Royal Humane Society - to the dismay of The Mirror.
Mirror 18/08/03 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=13304635&method=full&s
ESCAPE FROM BULLINGDON
A man has escaped from Category-B Bullingdon prison in Oxfordshire.
BBC News Online 18/08/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3161785.stm
CONCERN OVER NORTH SEA CAMP ABSCOND RATE
A judge has written to the Home Secretary calling for an investigation after six men absconded from the Lincolnshire open prison in less than a month.
BBC News Online 18/08/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/3161655.stm
Voluntary Sector
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Parliament
Parliament is now in Summer Recess and will return on 8th September. For further information visit the UK Parliament website - click here.
Prison Population Statistics
The population of prisons in England and Wales on Friday 23 August 2003 was as follows:
This Week Last Week Last Year
Total 73,343 73,497 71,599
The population of prisons in Northern Ireland on Friday 23 August 2003 was as follows:
This Week Last Week Last Year
Total 1,130 1,102 1,027
The population statistics for Scotland are not published online by the Scottish Prison Service but the average population at any one time is 6,500.
Next Week...
The Prison Reform Trust will publish a report into elderly prisoners on Friday (29th August), titled "Growing Old In Prison". Visit www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk for more details.
Other items of new have been moved to the news archive pages, click here to go to them.
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