For inflicting
“Cruel and unusual punishment" on prisoners by failing to put in
place policies to protect those who are medically vulnerable from dying of the
Covis 19, according to what being disclosed.
"We are
asking for a Emergency court order to compel the government to put measures in
place.
A full table
published by the Ministry of Justice shows that some jails have had dozens of
staff and residents test positive, while others have so far escaped the virus
entirely.
The
worst-hit jail is Drake Hall women’s prison where 66 people have tested
positive, 25 staff and 41 residents. Second-worst is Berwyn, with 59 cases – 25
staff and 34 residents.
Lucy Frazer
QC, the Prisons Minister, disclosed the figures in response to a question in
parliament from the Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville-Roberts. The minster pointed out
that the figures represent the total numbers who have tested positive since the
start of the outbreak,
As of
May 26, when the count was taken, a total of 882 staff and 447 prisoners had
tested positive across the 124 prisons in England and Wales.
The number
who had died with the virus by then, according to the Ministry of Justice, was
eight staff and 21 prisoners.
The mass
testing policy system in the UK where prisoners are only
tested if they fall sick. "Public Health England has said the true number of
prisoners contracting the virus may be six times greater than the number who
have tested positive.
The 10
prisons with the highest number of infections among both staff and prisoners
were:
Drake Hall
(66)
Berwyn (59)
Humber (51)
Cardiff (45)
Durham (43)
Hewell (43)
Manchester (39)
Altcourse (38)
Risley (36)
Gartree (34)
Berwyn (59)
Humber (51)
Cardiff (45)
Durham (43)
Hewell (43)
Manchester (39)
Altcourse (38)
Risley (36)
Gartree (34)
The 13
prisons with no cases among staff or prisoners were:
Ashfield
East Sutton Park
Exeter
Grendon
Guys Marsh
Leyhill
Medway
Peterborough (Female)
Portland
Rochester
Warren Hill
Wayland
Werrington
East Sutton Park
Exeter
Grendon
Guys Marsh
Leyhill
Medway
Peterborough (Female)
Portland
Rochester
Warren Hill
Wayland
Werrington
Prisons:
Coronavirus: Written question - 49084
fewer than 100 prisoners were freed. Fraction of the
original target will ever be reached. Public Health England, the advisory body
which originally called for the release of 16,000 prisoners to eliminate
cell-sharing, now says that 5,000 to 5,500 should be freed to allow “headroom”
for the segregation of prisoners into different risk groups.
Robert Buckland said April 4under which low-risk
prisoners can be allowed out on an electronic tag up to two months before their
release date and that never happened.
“Eligibility criteria and the convoluted process of early
release are mired in complexity, risk and dislike” the report said. “The
schemes are hard to understand, difficult to explain and close to impossible to
deliver, even for a disciplined service like HM Prison and Probation Service.”
Such difficulties would explain the extremely limited uptake
of the ECTR programme – which has resulted in the government being left with
almost 2,000 surplus tags, acquired at a cost of nearly £4m of tax payers
money. A further
Two baby died in prison cell as they was refused basic
care is gross negligence we are sing with the government prisoner health care
neglected we have no chance with Covid 19.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/styal-prison-stillborn-baby-female-inmates-healthcare-pregnancy-birth-a9578861.html
It is Indefensible regardless as to whether the lady knew she
was pregnant Hospital appointments are frequently cancelled by the prison for
quite serious treatments because there is not escort staff available to take
them.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/styal-prison-stillborn-baby-female-inmates-healthcare-pregnancy-birth-a9578861.html
Report by the Nuffield Trust in Feb revealed
4 in 10 hospital appointments made for a prisoner were cancelled
or missed in 2017-18 alone, missed appointments cost the NHS £2m'. The
way the government is huddling the tax payers money is a scandal which could of
gone on the mental health and community of prisoners.
And if there are appointments The study includes examples of
prison officers trying to exercise authority over patients’ clinical care to
reduce the time spent at hospital in order to return in time to finish their
shift.
The findings, collated by academics at University college London
(UCL
Sick inmates are being forced to wait in hospital cupboards
before getting treatment, according to a new report.
The study also reveals that inmates are required to undergo
intimate medical examinations in the presence of prison guards, which is said
to have a damaging affect on their wellbeing, with one describing feeling
suicidal afterwards.
Inates reported having no prior knowledge or control over
appointments, and experiencing significant delays in treatment due to
cancellations and prison-to-prison transfers
The report also raises concern that due to cancellations,
prison-to-prison transfers, and other causes of delay; inmates often wait
considerably longer than the NHS target of 18 weeks from referral to treatment,
which can exacerbate their illness. This represents a complex and challenging
area for healthcare. Delayed access to hospital appointments is a harmful
consequence of the resource implications associated with transport and
security, which could lead to significant adverse health outcomes and legal
challenges with covid -19
A report, which was funded by the Wellcome Trust and Surrey
Heartlands Health and Care Partnership/
further damning is another case, a female prisoner
spoke of having to have an intimate examination with two officers present: As
the doctor was talking to me and showing me the computer, these two
members of staff were there, and they could see everything. “I came back, I was
devastated. I was so depressed. I nearly, took my life.”
found that many prisoners felt clinicians often direct their
questions and attention at prison officers instead of the patient, making the
inmate feel “frustrated, upset and patronised, feeling little more than an
observer in relation to their own healthcare”.
There also needs to be accountability and checks that any
recommendation made, by those investigating health care and deaths, are
implemented effectively and those charges are imbedded and sustained. End the
culture of recommendations as it just not applied.
Uk justice challenged by fear of public and media
scrutiny rather than educated minds
prison where people are treated like people Norway or the
Netherlands, we would be wise to follow their example if we want to see less
crime. Despite the seriousness of their crimes, however, I found that the loss
of liberty was all the punishment they suffered. Norway has no death penalty or
life sentence) – they were offered education, training and skill-building
programmes. Instead of wings and landings they lived in small "pod"
communities within the prison. The teacher explained that all prisons in Norway
worked on the same principle, which he believed was the reason the country had,
at less than 30%, the lowest reoffending figures in Europe and less than
half the rate in the UK. Everybody has to work.
UK Prison destroy the already complexed minds. over
kill the soles of adults and teenagers.
UK prisons have regular acts of serious violence. Across the
prison estate, several hundred prisoners took their own lives, and a number
were murdered. Attacks by prison officer alike. horrendous rate of
reoffending among released prisoners mostly due to lack of community support
and a failing probation.
The punishment is that you lose your freedom. If we treat
people like animals when they are in prison they are likely to behave like
animals. Norwegians pay attention to you as human beings."
Uk prison seem want to demonstrate there doing something but
nothing there is a need modernise what not working
"There is so much to learn about the people who
come to prison," she says. "We need to try to understand how they
became criminals, and then help them to change.
But yet tax payers money amounting to 6 million wasted on
tags that was not used on top cancelled NHS appointments for
prisoners being a snap shot. I like to see a New prison Movement and
rid the old and all those in it. I’m tired of excuses and no accountability.
The same language and ignoring people. it is clear for centuries the justice
system is not fit for purpose and one that is tone deaf.
Public opinion: IPP sentence should be reviewed
Ministry
of Justice
Prisons:
Coronavirus
49084
To ask
the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2020 to
Question 45346 on Prisons: Coronavirus, how many cases of covid-19 there have
been in each prison in England and Wales as of 19 May 2020; and if her
Department will publish that data on a weekly basis.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/25/norwegian-prison-inmates-treated-like-people
https://www.prisonstudies.org/country/united-kingdom-england-wales?fbclid=IwAR2towVReUR-84_B_zkMAyxnhMMZMPCbdmqTcTW6AMXPj8ljRwIvxXtKZmc
https://insidetime.org/world-prison-review-june-2020/
https://insidetime.org/unlikely-release-of-4000-2/
