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Topic: Wormwood Scrubs (HM Prison)

	Scandal of society's misfits dumped in jail \| Society \| SocietyGuardian.co.uk
		It was several days before the prisoner spoke to the senior officer on the seg, whom he trusted, and explained what had happened: soon after he was locked in his cell on that first night, he said, a fl cat had slipped through his window and sat on the bed next to him.
		Three weeks later, the notes reach Wormwood Scrubs, detailing his long history of schizophrenia, but by that time, he has been taken back to court where he is given bail or a non-custodial sentence - nobody bothers to tell the prison - and he is back on the streets again.
		There is a young schizophrenic in the Scrubs at the moment: his father lives abroad; his mother has been evicted from her home and is sleeping rough somewhere; he ended up living on the streets, cold, hungry, hallucinating and finally trying to steal a woman's handbag.
	society.guardian.co.uk /mentalhealth/story/0,8150,1367331,00.html (2471 words)

	Wikipedia: Prison
		The argument for privatization stresses cost reduction, whereas the arguments against it focus on standards of care, and the question of whether a market economy for prisons might not also lead to a market demand for prisoners (that is, a strong lobby for ever-tougher sentencing to satisfy the need for cheap labor).
		Prisons may outsource medical care to private companies such as Correctional Medical Services, which, according to Hylton's research, try to minimize the amount of care given to prisoners in order to maximize profits.
		Prisons may specialize exclusively in male or in female prisoners, or have separate departments for each sex.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/p/pr/prison.html (526 words)

	Wormwood Scrubs (HM Prison) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wormwood Scrubs is a Category B British local prison (ie.
		It was built in the 1880s, using prison labour.
		Subsequent inspections have generally been favourable, and the prison is now held to be one of the better local prisons in the UK.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wormwood_Scrubs_(HM_Prison) (391 words)

	Wormwood Scrubs - an unannounced inspection
		Prisoners' safety is critically dependent upon the first few days in prison (when the risk of self- harm is greatest) and on a prison's ability to tackle bullying.
		In spite of this, we found many examples at Scrubs in 2001, as in 2000, of initiatives that were designed to improve conditions for prisoners, and of people committed to providing a better regime and disappointed at the lack of substantial progress.
		Prisons are closed environments and it is vital that an independent and external spotlight is directed on them when something appears to have gone seriously wrong.
	www.mojuk.org.uk /bulletins/scrubs.html (2239 words)

	Brutality of prison officers exposed \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Fourteen prisoners were seriously assaulted by officers in Wormwood Scrubs in west London, the service has admitted, in what amounts to the biggest abuse scandal in a British jail in modern times.
		Wormwood Scrubs has been dogged by allegations of brutality for years, but only one case had been proved - until the admissions revealed today.
		The prison was at the centre of a police investigation which began in 1998.
	www.guardian.co.uk /prisons/story/0,7369,1104506,00.html (998 words)

	BBC - Crime Fighters - Prison Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The remaining prisoners, those who do not pose a risk to the public and are also unlikely to escape are called Category D. Category A, B and C prisoners are held in what are termed 'Closed' prisons, whereas Category D prisoners are held in 'Open' prisons.
		Prompted by this damning appraisal of British prisons and the decline in transportation to the colonies, the government passed the 1779 Penitentiary Act, which made the rehabilitation of criminals a function of all prisons.
		The Prison Commission controlled all the prisons in England and Wales until 1963 when it was abolished and the prisons became part of the Home Office agenda.
	www.bbc.co.uk /crime/fighters/prisonservice.shtml (799 words)

	Hm Prison Wormwood Scrubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Hm Prison Wormwood Scrubs (In carceri: in the past, prison architecture used the language of the Sublime to proclaim its mission.
		Millbank Prison by the Thames was a representative example: built in 1812-28 on a huge octagonal plan originally drawn out by Jeremy Bentham himself, it housed 860 prisoners in single cells.
		One of them was Constance Kent, a young woman who confessed to the murder of her half-brother in 1865 and whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after a sensational trial which involved Fr Arthur Wagner, that great Brighton church builder, refusing to reveal the secrets of the confessional.
	www.scrubsok.org /hm-prison-wormwood-scrubs.htm (1205 words)

	HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs (special conditions apply)
		HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs was the last major prison of the 19th century, built by Sir Edmund du Cane between 1875 and 1891.
		Prisoners can gain employment skills through maintenance and horticultural work in the gardens, which also include areas of Mediterranean planting and for vegetable growing.
		As part of the prison service biodiversity action plan, Wormwood Scrubs is introducing spaces of wildflower planting and a recycling scheme for green waste and other prison waste such as cardboard, plastics and paper.
	www.opensquares.org /detail/HMPWormwood.html (204 words)

	New Prison Regime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Prisoners were expected to do 50 steps a minute up to 19,000 feet a day.
		A prisoner turning "The Crank" at Wormwood Scrubs, London c1870s Prisoners were expected to turn the Crank 10,000 times a day.
		By 1877 all prison staff were salaried and commissioners stressed that staff would be selected on merit alone.
	fp.pmnwt.f9.co.uk /museum/newprison.htm (335 words)

	White Swan Scrubs
		In surgery, the first scrub is a person - typically a nurse - who dons mask, gown, and gloves and approaches the sterile field to assist the surgeon, primarily by organizing, preparing instruments for his or her use.
		Wormwood Scrubs is a place in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London.
		It is the location of HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, built between 1875 and 1891.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/96/white-swan-scrubs.html (1226 words)

	HM Prison Service - Locate a Prison - Wormwood Scrubs
		Prison information alt i, advice and support alt s, careers and jobs alt n, news alt n, resource centre alt r, about the service alt a Skip to main page content
		The prison was built between 1875 and 1891.
		In 1902 the last female prisoner was transferred to HMP Holloway.
	www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk /prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=404,15,2,15,404,0 (118 words)

	The Modern Prison Officer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Today prison officers are involved in administering rewards to prisoners for good behaviour as well as overseeing better prison facilities such as gymnasiums, prison shops, health care and training.
		Prison officers are now joined in prisons by medical and educational staff, chaplains and social workers.
		Prisoners exercising under the watchful eye of a Physical Education Instructor in the Gymnasium at HMP Wandsworth 1995.
	fp.pmnwt.f9.co.uk /museum/modern.htm (275 words)

	Prison whistleblower lifts lid on 'regime of torture' \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		More than 160 prison officers were involved in inflicting and covering up a regime of torture which saw savage beatings, death threats and sexual assault inflicted on inmates, a secret report reveals today.
		Many incidents which the Prison Service had publicly refused to admit are acknowledged in the reports, which remained confidential until now.
		A report by the official prisons inspector, Anne Owers, in October found that one in eight inmates at Wandsworth jail claimed to have been assaulted or kicked by staff.
	www.guardian.co.uk /frontpage/story/0,,1946369,00.html (821 words)

	Wormwood Scrubs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under this Act, the military were able to expel civilians from the Scrubs whenever they were training, but allowed free use of the area when they were not.
		In 1939 with the onset of another World War, Wormwood Scrubs again played host to an innovative military department - The Chief Cable Censorship Department, an outstation of GCCS at Bletchley Park.
		The Jam mention the Scrubs in their hit Down in the Tube Station at Midnight: "They smelt of pubs/And Wormwood Scrubs/And too many right-wing meetings".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wormwood_Scrubs (646 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Prison inquiry mushrooms
		Mr Flynn said the allegations and the way they were dealt with suggested there was a "culture of turning a blind eye" at the prison.
		A Prison Officers Association spokesman said prisoners were "jumping on the bandwagon" by adding their voices to the original allegations.
		It is rare for prison officers to be convicted of assaulting inmates but in the late 1970s eight staff at Hull jail were found guilty of conspiring to assault prisoners and were sacked.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/79152.stm (388 words)

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		I was on duty as the landing officer in charge of C2 in the main part of The Scrubs which housed adult prisoners who had recently been sentenced by the Inner London courts.
		He was almost catatonic, unable to move.Having located the two mobile prisoners in a new, and far less attractive cell, I sent for further help to move the remaining inmate.
		The prisoners in the 'Lifers' unit were all held in single cells so he had no one else to comfort him.
	www.psychicworld.net /HEgowws.htm (1205 words)

	BBC News \| UK Politics \| 'Radical overhaul' needed for Scrubs
		The home secretary also demanded that an action plan to improve conditions at the prison be outlined by the head of the prison service, Martin Narey, within a month.
		Norman Parker, a convicted murderer turned author who has served more than 25 years in prison, says it would be difficult to reform the jail until the power of the POA was broken.
		Parker, who spent three years in the Scrubs in the 1970s, says: "I'm not being racist, but if it had been white prisoners who were being beaten up I don't think there would have so much of a stink.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/379437.stm (596 words)

	Scrubs Catalog
		''Aphelocoma unicolor'' – Unicolored Jay The scrub jays are passerine birds of the genus ''Aphelocoma''.
		Five species of scrub jay are now recognised, since two taxa formerly treated as races of ''A. coerulescens'' were recently split off as separate species (''A. californica'', ''A. insularis'').
		The scrub jays are about the same size as the Blue Jay but differ in having a longer tail, slightly shorter, more rounded wings and no crest on the head.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/77/scrubs-catalog.html (1242 words)

	UK Criminal Justice Weblog
		Prison overcrowding and poor industrial relations led to an "unacceptable regime" at the largest jail in western Europe, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has said.
		Liverpool Prison was described as "seriously under-performing" by Anne Owers, who found that parts of the jail were generally unclean, had cockroach infestations and broken windows.
		Prison officers' leaders have demanded a public inquiry into brutality at Wormwood Scrubs.
	radio.weblogs.com /0120189/categories/prisons/2003/05/26.html (185 words)

	Prison
		A prison or penitentiary or jail (in British English, sometimes spelt gaol) is a building or system used to hold persons convicted of crimes.
		Their lobbying arm is ALEC which advocates legislation favorable to the industry.
		The practice of undergoing punishment via a prison sentence, is colloquially expressed as: "doin' time".
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/im/Imprisonment.html (112 words)

	Prison, Prisoner and Convict Records in the United Kingdom
		Prison, Prisoner and Convict Records in the United Kingdom
		Prisons, Prisoners & Convicts in the United Kingdom
		History of the prison, as well as executions and criminals.
	www.blacksheepancestors.com /uk/prisons.shtml (499 words)

	. . . . www.prison-doctors.org.uk . . COLLEGE of PRISON MEDICINE
		The College was formed in 1990 by a group of prison doctors who were working for the U.K. Prison Service.
		British Prisons have Health Centres which are staffed by General Practitioners and Nurses together with Health Care Workers and provide an equivalent primary care service for prisoners to that provided by General Practices in the community.
		These HEALTH CENTRES are not Hospitals(although up to a few years ago they were traditionally known as "the prison hospital") and now they are becoming linked to the Primary Care Trusts in the geographical area to which they belong.
	www.expage.com /prisondoctors (451 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Wormwood Scrubs Branch was established in 1992 and is part of Pony Club Area 12.
		Wormwood Scrubs - an unannounced inspection By Anne Owers, Chief Inspectorate of Prisons We last inspected Wormwood Scrubs in February 2000.
		Wormwood Scrubs jail is still riddled with serious problems four years after a culture of staff brutality was exposed,...
	www.absinthekits.com /3/wormwood-scrubs.html (558 words)

	Learn more about Prison in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Learn more about Prison in the online encyclopedia.
		Synonyms of "prison" include "hoosegow", "clink" and "lockup".
		See also: private prisons, United Kingdom prison population, penal colony
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /p/pr/prison.html (560 words)

	Prison education: first report from the Education, Science and Arts Committee together with the proceedings of the ...
		Prison education: first report from the Education, Science and Arts Committee together with the proceedings of the Committee relating to the report, the minutes of evidence and appendices
		Witnesses represented: Association of County Councils; Association of Metropolitan Authorities; Society of Education Officers; National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders; National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education; Association of Teachers in Penal Establishments; HM Inspectorate of Schools; Prison Officers' Association; Society of Civil and Public Servants; Prison Department.
		They also provide an opportunity for the various bodies to express their opinions concerning the state and future of prison education and their experiences.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bopall/ref19252.html (281 words)

	UK Criminal Justice Weblog
		Lawyers demanding a public inquiry into allegations of beatings by prison officers at Wormwood Scrubs in the 1990s have started legal action.
		Wales' privately-owned Parc Prison has reacted swiftly to criticism of safety by employing 14 new staff.
		HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales
	radio.weblogs.com /0120189/categories/prisons/2003/05/31.html (146 words)

	HM Prison Service – Wormwood Scrubs - Pinsent Masons
		HM Prison Service – Wormwood Scrubs - Pinsent Masons
		We are advising on a medium term strategic review of the housing facilities serving the operational requirements of the prison.
		The intention is to utilise commercial land interests held by HMPS in the area to formulate a viable strategy to secure affordable housing for prison employees. This will be crucial to the ongoing operation of the prison.
	www.pinsentmasons.com /sectorsservices/prisonwormwood.aspx (104 words)

	The Jamaica Star :: Prison was so sweet ::
		When he was locked away in a London prison in 2001, it was nothing like the bleak picture that was painted of prison life.
		The deaf accountant told THE STAR that when he was busted by London police for taking four pounds (2000g) of cocaine valued at $12.6 million (£126,000), into their country, the three years he would spend incarcerated at the HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs would be the greatest years of his life.
		After pleading guilty to the charges, he was taken to HMP where he said prison life was a stark contrast to the common stories inmates told of their experience behind bars.
	www.jamaica-star.com /thestar/20050215/news/news1.html (982 words)

	Amazon.com: "Prison Service Agency": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		HM Prison Service Agency has been responsible for the installation of telephones across all prisons, a highly significant development in prisoner-family contact.
		Prisons and Their Moral Performance: A Study of Values, Quality, and Prison Life (Clarendon Studies in Criminology) by Alison Liebling, Helen Arnold
		For example, the Director of the Prison Service Agency was forced to resign after some prominent escapes of dangerous prisoners on the Isle of Wight, while the minister could...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Prison-Service-Agency (558 words)

	Providing treatment to prisoners with mental disorders: development of a policy: Selective literature review and expert ...
		Psychiatric morbidity is prevalent among prisoners (Office for National Statistics, 1998).
		HM Prison Service and NHS Executive (1999) The Future Organisation of Prison Health Care.
		Prisoners in general hospitals: doctors' attitudes and practice.
	bjp.rcpsych.org /cgi/content/full/182/4/299 (2339 words)

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