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How London became home to some of the world’s largest private security firms

Nestled between London’s members’ clubs, tailors and car dealerships lie some of the world’s biggest private armies

Evening Standard

Scotland’s £240m prisoner transfer contract under review amid collapse fears

Due to staff shortages, outsourcing giant GEOAmey has been missing up to 50 transfers per week, crippling the courts.

Daily Record

Schizophrenic cleared of murder sues over ‘failings in care’, appeal judges told

Alexander Lewis-Ranwell has sued G4S Health Services (UK), Devon & Cornwall Police, Devon Partnership NHS Trust and Devon County Council.

The Independent UK

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Schizophrenic who killed three elderly men launches legal battle for compensation

Alexander Lewis-Ranwell, who was cleared of murder by reason of insanity, has made ‘negligent’ treatment claim

The Independent UK

Paranoid schizophrenic who killed elderly men continues compensation battle

Former scaffolder Alexander Lewis-Ranwell, who was cleared of murder by reason of insanity, has made ‘negligent’ treatment claim.

The Independent UK

Firms fined most by regulators still on UK government’s list of top suppliers

Observer reveals that companies are getting big contracts in spite of paying penalties for corruption or fraud

The Guardian - UK

UK deportation centre used force 18 times to stop self-harm last year, figures show

Exclusive: Brook House staff physically prevented asylum seekers awaiting deportation from taking own lives

The Guardian - UK

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Police: Inmate who escaped by faking death back in S. Africa

A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison with help from guards by faking his own burning death has been brought back to South Africa early Thursday after going on the run with his girlfriend

The Independent UK

Claims guards aided killer fake death in S. Africa jailbreak

A parliamentary hearing in South Africa has been told that a man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison by faking his own burning death likely got warders to help smuggle a corpse into his cell

The Independent UK

Thabo Bester's escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption

Recently, South Africans were told about an extraordinary escape story – they learnt that a convicted rapist, Thabo Bester, had been at large for a year after he’d escaped from a privately-run maximum security prison. In May 2022 the Department of Correctional services reported that he had burnt to death…

The Conversation

Murderer who faked death to escape prison arrested after two-week manhunt

Bester was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012

The Independent UK

South Africa police say prison escapee arrested in Tanzania

South African police say that a convicted murderer who faked his death to escape prison has been arrested in Tanzania following a two-week manhunt

The Independent UK

‘Facebook rapist’ escapes from prison and on run after staging his own death

Thabo Bester, who targeted his victims by finding them on Facebook, was found "dead" last May after a burned body was left in his cell - but he was later spotted in shops and restaurants in an upmarket part of Cape Town

Daily Mirror

Prosecution collapses against ex-G4S directors over offender tagging scandal

The prosecution of three former G4Sexecutives over claims of defrauding the Ministry of Justice has collapsed, in a fresh embarrassment for the Serious Fraud Office.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Fraud case against three ex-G4S executives collapses

At an Old Bailey hearing before Mr Justice Johnson, the Serious Fraud Office announced it was offering no evidence in the case.

Liverpool Echo

Council raises hygiene concerns at prison

Improvements said to be needed at HMP Altcourse

Liverpool Echo

'Johno team' dealer dies in HMP Altcourse as prison slammed for healthcare failings

Sean Roddy became seriously unwell but was not admitted to the privately run jail's prison wing

Daily Mirror

New £250million jail given 'five-star TripAdvisor rating' by notorious inmate

Paedophile Michael Thurman wrote of HMP Five Wells: 'At last I am in a prison where, as a form of respect, the guards use our Christian names and told us theirs.'

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Liverpool Echo

Forbidden items confiscated from prisoners' cells including Spice, steroids and weapons

We asked the Ministry of Justice what was seized from prisoners across Merseyside and North Wales in 2022

Glasgow Live

G4S van robbed at Glasgow McDonald's with major manhunt for suspect and getaway driver

A cash case was stolen from the G4S employee, who was thankfully uninjured, before the thief fled the scene in a black coloured motor which was being driven by another man.

Daily Record

G4S van robbed at Glasgow McDonald's as suspect flees scene in black getaway car

A cash case was stolen from the security officer in the car park of the London Road fast food branch shortly before 1pm on Monday.

Wales Online

Bridgend council takes control of social care in Parc prison

The care for prisoners in the facility is currently provided by a private company, G4S Health Services

Manchester Evening News

All the upcoming strikes that could affect you - including rail, Royal Mail and more

Tens of thousands of workers will be going on strike across November and December, affecting nationwide industries

Liverpool Echo

Warning to Tesco, Asda and Aldi shoppers who pay in cash

Barclays, HSBC and Santander could also be affected

Wales Online

Fears of Christmas cash shortage at Asda, Tesco, Aldi and banks as G4S security staff to strike

It could impact the supply to places like Tesco, Asda and Aldi

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