A prison in south London is failing to prepare inmates for release with almost half saying it is easy to obtain and buy drugs, a watchdog report has found. Inspectors visited HMP Brixton in June and ...

Well, that was a different Sunday lunch at The Clink restaurant, Brixton Prison. We’ve had this booked for some months now. The restaurant is situated in the old governors house, dating back to 1819.

Brixton prison governor Edmond Tullet ate a slice of the loaf after inmates complained it had caused them to test positive for drug use. After consuming the bread Mr Tullet also failed a drugs test.

A damning inspection has highlighted a catalogue of failings at one of the UK’s most overcrowded jails - underscoring how the crisis behind bars “extends far beyond the prison walls and into our ...

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BRIXTON prison is “fundamentally failing” men due to severe overcrowding, inspectors warned on Tuesday. Inspectors found in June when visiting the south London prison, which holds a large number of ...

said that he did not resist when the armed officers burst in. Two years ago, Mr Quinlivan and another IRA suspect, Mr Pearse McAuley, shot their way out of Brixton Prison in London where they were ...

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