Captain says he is privileged and humbled to be replacing alastair cook. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A bbc investigation has exposed widespread drug abuse and Security Failings at one of britains biggest prisons. An undercover reporter from the bbcs Panorama Team spent two months working as a Prison Officer at a privately run prison in northumberland. He found inmates threatening staff and even a hole in a prison security fence. The Ministry Ofjustice says its looking into the allegations. Heres our special correspondent ed thomas. Undercover in one of our biggestjails. Bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. And the staff pushed to their limits. Hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the French Company sodexo and home to more than 1,300 inmates. And for two months, bbc panoramas joe fenton. On his first day, 2. 5 kilograms of spice, an illegal high with a prison value of £250,000, was found in two cells. Despite this, panorama was told there
The yorkshire batsman says he feels privileged, humbled, and very excited. And who would have thought bell ringing was a dangerous hobby . Well, sadly one man at Worcester Cathedral knows first hand. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A bbc investigation has exposed widespread drug abuse and Security Failings at one of britains biggest prisons. An undercover reporter from the bbcs Panorama Team spent two months working as a Prison Officer at a privately run prison in northumberland. He found inmates threatening staff and even a hole in a prison security fence. The Ministry Ofjustice says its looking into the allegations. Heres our special correspondent ed thomas. Undercover in one of our biggestjails. Bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. And the staff pushed to their limits. Hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the French Company sodexo and home to more than 1,300 inmates. And for two months, bbc panoramas joe fenton. On his first day, 2. 5 kilograms of spi
The yorkshire batsman says he feels privileged, humbled, and very excited. And who would have thought bell ringing was a dangerous hobby . Well, sadly one man at Worcester Cathedral knows first hand. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A bbc investigation has exposed widespread drug abuse and Security Failings at one of britains biggest prisons. An undercover reporter from the bbcs Panorama Team spent two months working as a Prison Officer at a privately run prison in northumberland. He found inmates threatening staff and even a hole in a prison security fence. The Ministry Ofjustice says its looking into the allegations. Heres our special correspondent ed thomas. Undercover in one of our biggestjails. Bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. And the staff pushed to their limits. Hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the French Company sodexo and home to more than 1,300 inmates. And for two months, bbc panoramas joe fenton. On his first day, 2. 5 kilograms of spi
Warns of a real and growing threat to key national infrastructure. And its finally confirmed the yorkshire batsman, joe root, is named as the new england test captain. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News could Manchester City move up to second in the Premier League with victory over bournemouth . Good evening. There is no quick fix available to solve the problem of serious overcrowding in prisons. Thats the view of liz truss, the justice secretary, who says that preventing more prisoners from re offending is the key to success. The scale of the problem has been shown by bbc panorama, which secretly filmed evidence of widespread drug use and a number of Security Failings at one of britains biggest prisons, as our Special Correspondent ed thomas reports. Undercover in one of our biggest jails, bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. And the staff pushed to their limits. Hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the French Company sodexo, home to more than 1300 inmate
It ruins you. You dont. Youre not a person any more, you just exist. Three years ago, the prison was privatised. French Company Sodexo won the 15 year contract, promising the government it could save £130 million. When the initial shock of the privatisation came out, the staff were shocked that it had happened but then we thought well maybe it could be a good thing we might see a big change. You train as part of a team. Jim reid was a dog handler and Prison Officer with more than 20 years experience. His optimism didnt last long. They got rid of 96 uniform staff over 200 in total. I myself was part of a dog team erm, and we were told, youre gone. Since 2011, around half a billion pounds has been taken from the Prison Budget in england and wales. As the Prisoner Population was rising, more than 6,000 officers were lost. Jim reid took redundancy but colleagues who stayed at northumberland say theyre overwhelmed. Ive seen experienced staff crying in the main street. And theyve said i can