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‘Time for action on mental health in prisons’, says Lord Chancellor

The Lord Chancellor has set out how the government plans to support people with neurodivergent conditions such as autism and dyslexia, as well as those with acute mental health problems, within the criminal justice system. Read More

Sentence for landlord who put tenants’ lives at risk

A Staffordshire-based landlord has been sentenced after failing to provide evidence that a gas safety check had been carried out at one of his tenanted properties. Read More

Care worker imprisoned after autistic man in her care drowns

Nikki Deaney, a former care worker at Springwood Day Centre, has been sentenced to four months in prison after the Read More

Maximum jail term for plant hire manager following fatal incident

  The 57-year-old manager of an access plant hire firm has been sentenced to a maximum penalty of two years’ Read More

Man sentenced for brother’s death at work

A textile manufacturing company and one of its directors, Wazir Hussain have been sentenced after an incident led to the death of the company’s Read More

Company director jailed following second fatality

Company director Kenneth Thelwall, from Enfield, has been jailed for 12 months following the death of one of his employees Read More

Wormwood Scrubs prison staff walk out in safety row

Staff at Wormwood Scrubs prison in Hammersmith and Fulham have walked out in a row over health and safety. More Read More

Sentence after worker injured at prison

Four different duty holders have been fined after a worker was injured while replacing a window at Leeds Prison. Leeds Read More

Throwback Thursday: prison risk assessments

In August 2001, Keith Sillitoe wrote the first of what was to be a series of articles on health and Read More



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