10 June 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Ashfield YOI inmates ‘had bones broken by staff’

originally by: BBC News
published: 4 June 2013

Youth offenders were “exposed to unacceptable levels of violence” at a privately-run institution near Bristol, inspectors found. Problems had worsened at HMYOI Ashfield since a decision to close it and move inmates, whose safety was “compromised”, their report said.

They also revealed two inmates suffered broken bones in separate incidents through excessive force by staff.

Ashfield will become an adult prison housing sex offenders in July. The inspectors found planning for the closure had not been “effectively co-ordinated” between the Serco-run institution in Pucklechurch and the Youth Justice Board (YJB).

1 June 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Police custody death man named as Neil Budziszewski

originally by: BBC News
published: 31 May 2013

A man who died in custody after he was found unconscious in a Sheffield police cell has been named by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). Neil Budziszewski, 42, was found by custody staff at Ecclesfield police station at about 09:00 BST on 3 May.

Paramedics were called to provide first aid but he was pronounced dead an hour later, police said. The cause of his death is not yet known and the IPCC said its investigation into the incident was ongoing.

19 May 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

British drug company acts to stop its products being used in US executions

originally by: The Guardian
published: 15 May 2013

A drug manufacturer based in Britain has vowed to add new restrictions to sales of its products in the US after it was revealed that it sold a batch of barbiturate to the Arkansas department of corrections, which intended to use it in executions.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals has promised to put in place “concrete steps to restrict the supply of its products for unintended uses” following the disclosure by the legal action charity Reprieve that a wholly owned subsidiary in the US had sold injectable phenobarbital to the Arkansas prison service which was seeking to devise a new way of killing its death-row inmates.