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Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-41927657 Work to build a new prison on the site of mothballed HMP Wellingborough is expected to begin next year. A year ago the government confirmed the category C prison in Northamptonshire would be the first redevelopment site in …
https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/commercial-property-inverness-prison-plan-takes-step-forward-1-4601304 Planning permission in principle (PPP) has been agreed for the first new prison in the north of Scotland for more than a century. HMP Highland will replace HMP Inverness, also known as Porterfield prison, which is near to the …
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41750267 Campaigners against plans for a new prison in Port Talbot have presented a petition signed by nearly 9,000 people to the Welsh Assembly. David Rees, Labour AM for Aberavon, said the site in Baglan was “wholly inappropriate” for …
Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/ministry-justice-branded-ministry-injustice-13654410 The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) was branded “The Ministry of Injustice” at a meeting which saw more than 500 residents, young and old, come together to demand a U-turn on plans to bring a super prison to Port …
This autumn, the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons from the US will be touring the UK. All over the world prisons are toxic environments causing social and ecological harm. Folks from the US have been organising resistance at the …
Source: http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2017-08-23/former-inmate-criticises-plans-for-a-new-super-prison-in-port-talbot/ The proposed prison is expected to house 1,600 prisoners. Credit: ITV Cymru Wales A former inmate has spoken out over plans to build a new ‘super prison’ in Port Talbot. Michael O’Brien was among residents, former prisoners and …
Source: http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2017-08-23/former-inmate-criticises-plans-for-a-new-super-prison-in-port-talbot/ A former inmate has spoken out over plans to build a new ‘super prison’ in Port Talbot. Michael O’Brien was among residents, former prisoners and politicians at a public meeting held on Monday night. The proposed prison is …
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/22/prison-healthcare-so-bad-it-would-be-shut-down-on-outside-say-doctors Doctors tell of understaffed services, with patients missing hospital appointments due to clerical errors or lack of escort NHS doctors working in prisons have warned that the conditions in which they operate are so unsafe that the services …
Announcing the End Toxic Prisons Tour – Autumn 2017! This Autumn, the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons from the US will be touring the UK with Community Action on Prison Expansion. We need you to help organise tour dates in …
This article was originally published in the second issue of ‘Whirlwind’ a new Earth First Zine, included in the handbook for this year’s Earth First Gathering. For as long as there have been prisons there have been people fighting against …
