Cuts, overcrowding and understaffing have created a toxic mix of violence, death and human misery.
Today, Monday 20 February, at 4.30pm, a protest has been called outside the Home Office against the removal and detention of Erioth Mwesigwa, a rape survivor from Uganda.
Dedicated refuges were created to answer a desperate need. Now their survival is at risk.
A new bill threatens decades of carefully drafted laws designed to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in care.
An activist reports from G4S annual general meeting, Surrey, England, 26 May 2016.
• Omar Mateen, who killed 50 people in gay nightclub, was employed as armed guard by G4S.• G4S guards have killed before.• Company sells its expertise in vetting staff.
In England nobody is counting. How official secrecy and obfuscation on sexual abuse, restraint and injury put children at risk. See also Five more arrests and another critical inspection report for G4S child prisons.
Children tell inspectors of being verbally, physically and sexually abused. See also How many children are sexually abused in prison?
A linguistics student looks at language used by the NHS Trust whose negligence contributed to the death of her cousin. (Ahead of Wednesday’s Parliamentary debate on Southern Health).
On Home Office flights private sector guards apply restraints so extreme they are very rarely used in prisons. What happened on the 24/25 May flight to Nigeria and Ghana?
An MRI brain scan that was wrongly cancelled might have led to life-saving treatment for Bruno Dos Santos, who died aged 25 in the care of UK immigration authorities.
