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A LEADING charity has called on the government to “urgently review their prison contracts” with French transnational Sodexo following the death of a 45-year-old woman shortly after her release.
Annabella Landsberg, a diabetic, collapsed at Sodexo-run HMP Peterborough on September 2 2017.
An inquest jury at Huntingdon town hall found yesterday that “failures” by the company’s staff had contributed to Ms Landsberg not receiving vital medical treatment for her illness.
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
AN “alarming” ingress of drugs at a prison led to the most inmate deaths in Wales and England last year, inspectors reveal today.
