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A man who brutally murdered his mother and shot a neighbour during a row has died while a resident at HMP Lewes.
The recent escapes follow several other high-profile breakouts, like that of Danilo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, sparking a two-week manhunt, and the escape ...
Lenton Vanburen, Leo Tate, and Jermaine Donald were the latest escapees to be arrested after the jailbreak earlier this month.
A man who "genuinely believed" he was going to be murdered in prison ... cell. She said that the context of the incident was that Patterson had been repeatedly asking to be transferred to HMP ...
Scandal-hit prisons including HMP Wandsworth, Parc and Berwyn have been given the lowest possible performance rating with major issues concerning assaults on staff, illicit items and affairs with ...
Each cell has its own toilet and shower ... working with prisoners – including a stint as part-time prison chaplain in Lewes and five years as governor of a low-security unit located on an ...
Meanwhile, Sussex Police said it was still investigating a separate suspected poisoning at Lewes prison in March in which 15 prisoners ... as dad sits in his cell awaiting their arrival. It describes ...
Chris* had spent more than two years in prison, serving a sentence for grievous ... he says there was a knock on his cell door and he was told to head down to reception. Once there, he says ...
Emergency move to postpone court hearings as prisons run out of cells - ‘We cannot continue like this’: Bar Council warnings ...
The report on East Sussex's Lewes prison, by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons ... courts and custody and ensure there is always a custody cell available should they be remanded." ...
Self-harm was similarly high and rising, with staff failing to answer when prisoners used their cell bells ... from a previous prison, but there had been no work at Lewes to determine if he ...