Prisons and probation
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A devoted father with a zest for life, he was given an indeterminate sentence in 2006. He is still locked up – and losing hope that he will ever be released
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The long read: Stuart Potts is an unlikely do-gooder – a former crack addict who has hit rock bottom more than once. But since 2020 he has offered hundreds of homeless people a bed in his small flat – and for many of them, it has been life-changing
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The IPP scandalThe torture of being trapped by indefinite prison sentences
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The father of Michaela Hall, the charity worker killed by her partner in Cornwall after he was wrongly assessed as only ‘medium risk’ says lessons must be learned
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For many prisoners, jail had come to be their home
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Ombudsman says it is likely that at least four of six recent deaths at G4S-run jail in Bridgend are drug-related
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Letters: Jon Collins says people are locked in their cells when they should be in a classroom, Andy Keen-Downs thinks community sentences and early intervention are key, while Adam Hart reflects on his experience as a community service organiser