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Number of UK prison officers sacked for misconduct rises by more than a third

Publish Date
Fri, 15 Nov 2024, 7:10pm
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Number of UK prison officers sacked for misconduct rises by more than a third

Publish Date
Fri, 15 Nov 2024, 7:10pm

The number of prison officers sacked for misconduct in UK jails has gone up by more than a third on last year. Offences include sex acts with inmates and other inappropriate behaviour and selling drugs and phones. 

UK correspondent Gail Downey tells Heather du Plessis-Allan the problem is being put down to young, inexperienced staff with poor vetting and inadequate training. 

Plus, one of the brothers of Mohamed Al Fayed, who owned the Harrods department store in London has been accused of sexual assault and trafficking by three women who worked there. 

And, the UK government wants to merge the country’s 86 local government pension schemes into a handful of “pension megafunds” in what is being called the "biggest pension reform in decades.” 

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