News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
Managers at Wandsworth and Pentonville jails in London hatched a plan to switch inmates so they would not be seen during inspections by Dame Anne Owers. Five prisoners from Wandsworth were moved to Pentonville for the duration of Dame Anne’s...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
Prison inspectors found staff at Wandsworth and Pentonville, in London, had worked together to switch inmates. The National Offender Management Service, which said the aim had been to "manipulate" inspections, is also probing Brixton jail transfers.
News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 month ago
Prison governors face sack over scandal of swapped inmates • Heads of Wandsworth and Pentonville in trouble • Two prisoners tried to kill themselves after move Wandsworth Prison, south London. Photograph: Martin Godwin Two of Britain's most...
News Source: The Observer
| about 1 month ago
Prisons chief condemns Pentonville and Wandsworth's 'pointless' transfers • Prisoners were pieces on a chess board – prisons chief • Two inmates attempted suicide when told of move Locking the door to prisoner reception at Wandsworth Prison,...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 month ago
Two former prison governors are facing disciplinary action after it emerged that vulnerable inmates were moved between jails "like chess pieces" in an attempt to give a false impression of conditions during official inspections. Managers at...