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Midlands prison guard stabbed by inmate who used knife 'dropped by drone'
A prison officer has been seriously injured after he was stabbed by an inmate at a Midlands prison. Police and paramedics ...
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Justice minister to accelerate building of nearly 1,000 prison spaces across the country
Jim O'Callaghan will inform government that the prison estate as a whole is currently operating at 115% over capacity ...
Provision of almost 1,000 extra prison places to be fast-tracked
The construction of almost 1,000 new prison places is being fast-tracked, as the Republic’s overcrowding crisis worsens, under a plan Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan is to present to Cabinet on ...
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Evil killer Josef Puska going to prison school ‘courtesy of the Irish taxpayer’
Evil killer Josef Puska is going to school every day behind bars, we can reveal. The brute who stabbed primary school teacher ...
Irish Mirror on MSN4d
Failed asylum seekers kept in overcrowded prisons before deportation flights
Social Democrats TD Gary Ganon has now raised concerns about more people being added to overcrowded prisons and the ...
74 arrests in Wolverhampton as police crackdown on violence and organised crime
West Midlands Police has made 74 arrests as part of a crackdown on organised crime and violence in Wolverhampton. Sixty-one ...
Worcester News on MSN4d
Prison stabbing by inmate leaves prison officer 'seriously injured'
The stabbing took place at HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton near Evesham with the Midlands Air Ambulance deployed ...
Irish Mirror on MSN4h
Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan to speed up plans to build almost 1,000 new Irish prison spaces
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan is set to speed up the introduction of almost 1,000 new prison places – in a bid to ease the ...
Major update on prison officer stabbed by inmate after 'disagreement escalated'
"Our initial enquiries suggest there was a disagreement between an inmate and prison officer that escalated and is an ...
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Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan to bring plan for hundreds of new prison spaces to cabinet colleagues
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan is to tell the Cabinet of plans to accelerate the construction of almost 1,000 new prison ...
Police searching for Willenhall man wanted on recall to prison
West Midlands Police has released the image of David Foster as part of the appeal to find the 47-year-old from Willenhall, ...
'Release of people from prison will lead to more pressure on policing,' says West Midlands Chief Constable Craig Guildford
Government proposals to allow more criminals to walk free from court will lead to a rise in offending, the Chief Constable of ...