Locked Up: The killers, dangerous drivers, paedophiles, and other criminals sent to prison in April
It was a busy month for the courts in Wales with multiple killers as well as abusers, drug gang members, and other criminals all put behind bars
04:00, 1 MAY 2021
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HMP Parc inmate threatened to obliterate prison governor s home and take contracts out on her children
Jamie Johnson, 31, told the director of HMP Parc Janet Wallsgrove he would send people to obliterate her home if he was not transferred to an English prison
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Assistant chief constable David Thorne said: “Drugs have a detrimental effect on the rehabilitation of offenders. They increase debt, increase violence and can result in offenders continuing to be addicted when leaving the prison environment, leading to an increased risk of reoffending. It is only by continuing to work in close partnership with the prison authorities that we can prevent the trafficking of drugs, phones and other prohibited items into prisons. “Such activity represents a callous exploitation of, and overt intention to benefit financially from, existing vulnerabilities within the prison population. “The proactive, and collaborative pursuit of those who involved in this type of organised criminal activity will ensure that we achieve our joint goals of developing a safer prison environment which is more conducive to rehabilitation and to protect more effectively the vulnerable within our prison population.