IPP scandal: Teenager jailed for 18 months after fight in McDonald’s still in prison 18 years later under indefinite jail term

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Luke Ings was 17 when he was jailed for robbery and a fight in McDonald’s. Now aged 36, he still has no release date

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Unlocked: Trainee prison officers ‘encouraged to be more violent’ on graduate scheme that sees one in three drop out

Exclusive: Women hired as prison officers through a university graduate programme claim a boys club of male officers made their lives hell

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Young inexperienced prison officers at risk of ‘grooming’ from most dangerous criminals

Exclusive: Nearly a third of prison officers at Category A, high-security jails have fewer than three years of experience

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Overcrowding in prisons is a ‘powder keg waiting to blow’

Exclusive: Record number of inmates doubled up in single cells - with government forced to build 1,000 portacabins to ease overflow

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