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The prison service of Northern Ireland is in desperate need of reform
Prison officer is arrested inside jail in swoop by drug detectives - Local & National, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
A prison officer has been arrested inside Maghaberry Prison by police investigating drug crime, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
The warder (44) was arrested on Monday at the prison, handcuffed and led away by detectives.
It is understood his east Belfast home was extensively searched by police during the day.
Maghaberry prison officers suspended | UK news | The Observer
An investigation into the death of a prisoner in Northern Ireland's highest-security jail has led to 16 prison officers being suspended from duty. Colin Martin Bell, 34, was found dead in his cell at Maghaberry prison in August. He had been put into a 'suicide watch' cell because the father of two had a history of self-harming.
The Observer has learnt that CCTV footage taken from a camera trained on the cell showed Bell pacing about with a makeshift noose around his neck for more than 40 minutes. Sources inside the Prison Service said that during that period no one was monitoring his movements.
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Governor knew of jail murder plan
Governor knew of jail murder plan
LVF leader Billy Wright was shot dead in the Maze Prison in 1997
A former prison governor has told the inquiry into the murder of Billy Wright that he knew the INLA was trying to kill the LVF leader.
Warder suspended after alleged jail romp - Local & National, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Warder suspended after alleged jail romp
A killer jailed for the brutal slaying of a young mum is suspected of romping with a prison officer at Ulster’s women’s prison.
Prison chiefs have launched a probe after suspicions emerged of a steamy jailhouse sex session at the Hydebank Wood facility.
RTÉ News: Prisoner found dead in Magilligan cell
Prisoner found dead in cell
The Prisoner Ombudsman in Northern Ireland has been asked to investigate the death of an inmate at Magilligan Prison in Co Derry.
25 year-old Richard Gilmore was found dead in his cell at the jail near Limavady early yesterday.
Prison fraud probe boss pleads guilty to fraud! - News, Sunday Life - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Prison fraud probe boss pleads guilty to fraud!
A Prison Service boss who headed a major internal fraud probe has been convicted — of FRAUD.
Disgraced Pat Gray Snr led a three-month investigation into alleged overtime fraud at HMP Hydebank Wood, but pleaded guilty to committing fraud himself when he appeared in court last month.
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Hydebank fails its young offenders
As inspections go, they don't come much worse than this.
Inspectors visited Hydebank for five days in November last year. It was an announced visit, so the prison authorities knew they were coming, and they clearly didn't like what they found.
Their report says the centre was failing to perform effectively against any of the four tests they use to assess conditions and performance, and they make 182 recommendations for improvements.
As if that wasn't bad enough, this was the second visit by inspectors in two and a half years, so clearly many of the recommendations made then have yet to be implemented.
Banned in England, condemned by the High Court, yet ‘slopping out’ continues - Local & National, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Prisoners at an Ulster jail are still being forced to “slop out”, three years after a High Court judge ruled that the practice was “humiliating and distasteful”.
Inmates in more than 280 jail cells at Magilligan Prison — almost two thirds of the accommodation — still do not have in-cell toilets or washing facilities, the Belfast Telegraph has learned.
During lock-down inmates can use a button to alert prison staff if they need to access bathroom facilities, but when this is not possible they are forced to use a chamber pot provided in cells.
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