Pressures from “rocketing” levels of self-harm, suicide, and violence within British jails are pushing prison officers to walk away from their jobs, a national union representative has said. Mark Fairhurst, chair of the Prison Officers Association (POA), said the service is no longer in crisis but “in meltdown”—and government action is needed urgently. Inadequate wages,…
North Macedonia: 4 Officers Arrested Over Convict’s Escape
SKOPJE, North Macedonia—North Macedonia authorities said Saturday that four prison officers, including a police commander, have been arrested under suspicion of having helped a prisoner convicted of murder escape while being transferred to a hospital. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the commander in charge of external security at the capital Skopje’s main…
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