Prisons Archive
New Publication: Prison Island Winter 2021 Update
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Corporate Watch has released its third edition of Prison Island: Prison
27 Oct 2021
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Chorley mega-prison plans announced as part of plan for 18,000 new prison places
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Content warning – references to imprisonment, suicide, self-harm, cancer, violence The
17 Jun 2021
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Who is building the mega-prisons?
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Last summer, the British Government announced plans to build four new
05 Jan 2021
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Event: How to Stop a Mega-Prison
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A member of Corporate Watch will be speaking at this event
19 Oct 2020
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Government announces plans to build four more mega-prisons
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On Sunday 28th June 2020, the British Government announced plans to
01 Jul 2020
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#CoronaCapitalism: Riots, resistance and releases – the Coronavirus and the prison industrial complex
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The Corona virus is creating huge ruptures in the prison industrial
03 Apr 2020
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Oasis: The Evangelical Christians opening a children’s prison
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Content warning: child abuse, sexual abuse, rape, violence, transphobia The government
18 Feb 2020
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British government funding for Nigerian deportation prison scrapped
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Last year, Corporate Watch reported on the British Government’s plans to
04 Nov 2019
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A life costs £10,000: how G4S’ Brook House detention contract works
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In 2017, security company G4S was in the headlines again after
24 Jul 2019
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Kier: Building controversy
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Kier is a multinational construction company and the principal contractor building
21 Dec 2018
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New ‘Secure School’ as part of a wave of new children’s prisons
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The Government has announced its plans to create a new ‘Secure
16 Nov 2018
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Treasury commits to funding new mega-prisons
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The government’s plans to build two new mega-prisons has been re-affirmed
06 Nov 2018
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Poppies, Prison labour and the War Machine
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Poppies and Prison Labour At this time of year, people wearing
01 Nov 2018
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No Prisons Podcast
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Nicole from Corporate Watch was recently interviewed on the No Prisons
24 Oct 2018
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