Quarantine hotel ‘inmates’ are told to stop smoking and buy nicotine patches – to keep guests in their rooms Up to 15 guests gathered in a smoking area outside hotel last Wednesday night Guests spotted drinking and sharing cigarettes, with several not wearing masks Said to be members of a WhatsApp group for ‘rebel guests’ … Read more
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report suggests that one coronavirus test may not be enough to be sure that someone has not been infected after exposure. The report, published Monday, found that more than 70 percent of inmates at a Louisiana prison who were exposed to someone infected with coronavirus ultimately … Read more
Wormwood grub: Inmates boast about ‘village shop’ prison cells with extraordinary collection of stockpiled food and toiletries stacked to the ceiling Photos posted on Facebook shows stockpiles of food and electronics in cells Prisoners believed to be jailed in separate prisons posted photos from mobile phones It is not illegal for prisoners to be sent … Read more
Female prison officers have been raped by inmates who self-identify as trans women, ex-Tory minister Rory Stewart claims Mr Stewart revealed he was ‘instinctively worried’ about the situation He added ‘the rights of women to feel safe’ were most important in his view The Ministry of Justice said there were policies in place to manage … Read more
Coronavirus prisoner death toll hits NINE as 107 inmates and 19 staff test positive – after government announces 4,000 ‘low-risk’ convicts will be freed Three of the dead prisoners were inmates at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire Others at Birmingham, Manchester, Altcourse, Belmarsh, Whatton, Low Newton 107 prisoners have tested positive in 38 jails plus 19 … Read more
Ministers are warned coronavirus could rip through jails – because inmates drink hand sanitiser The Ministry of Justice is working to avoid the jail riots sparked in Italy last week Coronavirus could rip via jails as inmates drink hand gel, ministers are warned Inmates will be given warnings and explanations first over prison family visits … Read more
At least 12 people have died of diabetes in Georgia jails and prisons where they were not given treatment that would have kept them healthy in the last decade. Their blood sugars spiked to many times the normal range, they were flippantly denied insulin, and their their symptoms were dismissed by guards and staffers that … Read more