Corporate Watch, who have been actively researching prison expansion, are going on tour! They will be promoting their new report, […]
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Prison Island: A new report on prison expansion in England, Wales and Scotland
Corporate Watch has released its new report on prison expansion in England, Wales and Scotland: Prison Island. It shines a […]
Join the Midlands Coalition Against Prison Expansion!
Meeting Objective: To Organize Midlands Coalition Against Prison Expansion Time: Sunday 5th August, 1pm-4pm Place: The Gap Arts Project, 498 […]
Work on new £170m Glen Parva Prison could start later this year
Source: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/work-new-170m-glen-parva-1721250 The new £170 million prison Glen Parva is to built using a private finance deal, the Government has […]
Prison minister calls for more money to build jails in England and Wales
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/26/rory-stewart-prison-minister-more-money-jails-england-wales Rory Stewart says prison population will not fall and also reveals Carillion underbid for maintenance contract. The minister […]
Plans for new community prisons for women shelved
Source: http://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-27/plans-for-new-community-prisons-for-women-shelved/ Plans for five new community prisons for women have been shelved. The Government’s strategy for dealing with female […]
Government scraps proposed women’s ‘community prisons’ in new strategy to reduce female offending
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/women-prison-uk-community-sentences-centres-reoffending-rates-children-funding-a8418271.html The government has scrapped proposals to create “community prisons” for women as part of a delayed strategy aiming […]
Work on Wellingborough’s new prison to start by the end of the year
Source: https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/work-on-wellingborough-s-new-prison-to-start-by-the-end-of-the-year-1-8546879 Work on building Wellingborough’s new prison is set to start towards the end of this year, according to […]
Wellingborough Prison rebuild expected to start in 2018
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-41927657 Work to build a new prison on the site of mothballed HMP Wellingborough is expected to begin next […]
Commercial Property: Inverness prison plan takes step forward
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 […]
Port Talbot prison: Petition against Baglan plan presented
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 […]
‘Ministry of Injustice’ taunt as 500 pack out meeting on planned new prison
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 […]
End Toxic Prisons Tour Dates & Details
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 intersection of mass incarceration and the environment, successfully delaying the only current federal prison construction for over 2 years!
Former inmate criticises plans for a new ‘super prison’ in Port Talbot
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 […]
Former inmate criticises plans for a new ‘super prison’ in Port Talbot
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 […]
Prison healthcare so bad it would be shut down on outside, say doctors
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 […]
End Toxic Prisons Tour – Autumn 2017
Announcing the End Toxic Prisons Tour – Autumn 2017! This Autumn, the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons from the US […]
Fighting Toxic Prisons: Mass incarceration and Ecology
This article was originally published in the second issue of ‘Whirlwind’ a new Earth First Zine, included in the handbook […]
Safety concerns over Full Sutton ‘super prison’ plans
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-40669599 Campaigners opposing plans for a “super prison” housing 1,000 inmates in East Yorkshire said the site would leave […]
New Kent prison delayed
Source: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/multi-million-pound-prison-revamp-in-129278/ The multi-million pound development of Rochester Prison has been delayed by at least two years and still may […]