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• UK prison officers to demand electric stun guns for dangerous jails

  20-04-2025 17:08
  
  Meeting called with justice secretary after attack on three guards at HMP FranklandPrison officers will demand the immediate issue of electric stun guns to protect staff guarding Britain’s most dangerous jails when they meet the justice secretary this week.Wednesday’s meeting with Shabana Mahmood was called after the attack on three guards at HMP Frankland, allegedly by the convicted terrorist Hashem Abedi. Two were seriously injured after being doused in hot cooking fat and stabbed,
  
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• Teenagers having sex is news to no one. Thank goodness the government has seen sense on this | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

  20-04-2025 13:00
  
  A ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause in England’s crime bill is common sense – now let’s focus on the men who really harm young girlsGod, remember kissing in corridors? It’s been so long since I was a teenager that I had honestly forgotten how much snogging used to happen at school, until it was mentioned in the House of Commons this week. (I have never been a fan of the word snogging, yet as a term it’s powerfully evocative of late 1990s-early 2000s adolescence,
  
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• The supreme court has carefully ringfenced protections for women. That’s all we wanted | Sonia Sodha

  20-04-2025 08:00
  Last week’s ruling clarified the legal safeguards of the Equality Act. However, it was a travesty that the battle needed to be fought at allMiddle-aged women are expected to fade into the background, to be apologetic for their existence, to quietly accept their lot. They’re not supposed to stick up for themselves, to enforce their boundaries, to say no. As a woman, these societal expectations have been drummed into me from day one. But still. The swell of anger and disgust that rose
  
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• Doncaster prisoners could sue government over exposure to radon gas

  20-04-2025 08:00
  
  Inmates complain of rashes and fever, echoing the events that led Dartmoor jail to close last yearThe government faces further potential legal action over concerns about levels of radon gas at a second prison, after Dartmoor jail was forced to close.Ministry of Justice officials have ordered radon detection equipment to be installed at Lindholme prison near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, where prisoners have reported ­feeling unwell with symptoms such as ­headaches, rashes and fever. Cont
  
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