Prisons

Violence, overcrowding, self-harm: BBC goes inside one of Britain’s most dangerous prisons

At a time of major crisis for prisons, the BBC’s Sima Kotecha is given rare access to HMP Pentonville.

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Police 'concern' over some early prison releases
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Sussex
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1 day ago
Probe launched after inmate dies in jail
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Manchester
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2 days ago
Prison officers deal drugs and ask inmates for sex, BBC told
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UK
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2 days ago
Building more prisons not answer to crisis - Gauke
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Politics
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2 days ago
Prison officer to The Voice star: 'I felt like Hannah Montana'
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Newsbeat
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3 days ago
'A bail house wasn't a safe place for a female'
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London
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3 days ago
Mum’s anguish over son’s ‘endless’ prison sentence
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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3 days ago
At least 15 inmates killed in Ecuador prison fight
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Latin America
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4 days ago
Issues at rat-infested prison laid bare in report
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Kent
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4 days ago
Early prison release: 'I'm lost and don't know what to do'
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London
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5 days ago
Convict absconds from open prison
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England
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6 days ago
Crackdown on prison's 'catastrophic' drug problem
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Manchester
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7 November
Urgent steps needed after prison death - report
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Stoke & Staffordshire
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7 November
Actor found after 'evading arrest'
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Tyne
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6 November
Drama on 4. Life and Time Part Two: Forty Minutes. Audio, 44 minutes
A fascinating drama from award winning writer, James Fritz, taking us behind prison walls.
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Prison 'like an airport' as drones fly in drugs
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Lancashire
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5 November
Drama on 4. Life and Time Part One: Fourteen Years. Audio, 44 minutes
A fascinating drama from award-winning writer James Fritz, taking us behind prison walls.
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BBC Radio 4
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'Prison turned me into an award-winning artist'
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West Yorkshire
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3 November
Runners compete in marathon inside former prison
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Dorset
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2 November
Early release: 'We need support when we get out'
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England
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1 November
Death-hit prison's excessive force messages probed
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Wales
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29 October
Violence and drug use 'rife' at prison
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
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24 October
Early release inmates seek homeless charity's help
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Peterborough
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24 October
I'd be better off in prison says man let out early
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Wales
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22 October