for three or four questions. the gentleman just here, if for three or four questions. the gentlemanjust here, if you could say your name. sure, paulfrom itv news, you say that there is no quick fix but many of your predecessors say there is, simply to send fewer people to prison, isn t that the immediate way to reduce the pressure on our immediate way to reduce the pressure on our prisons? as i pointed out in my speech, we are sending fewer first time offenders to prison and we are sending fewer people to prison, for short sentences. but the fa ct prison, for short sentences. but the fact is, we have seen an increase in prosecution rates, for areas like sex crime, and an increase in sentences for those, which i think reflects the seriousness of those crimes and i think it would be wrong to arbitrarily reduce those sentences are not prosecute as many cases. so we are keeping a steady prison population, that is what has happened for the last six years, we are reducing the numbe
a bbc investigation has exposed widespread drug abuse and security failings at one of britain s biggest prisons. an undercover reporter from the panorama programme spent two months working as a prison officer at a privately run jail in northumberland. he found inmates threatening staff, and even a hole in a prison security fence. the ministry ofjustice says it is looking into the allegations. here is our special correspondent ed thomas. 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 1,300 inmates, and for two months, bbc panorama s joe fenton. on his first day, 2.5 kg of spice, an illegal high with a prison value of £250,000, was found in two cells. despite this, staff told the reporter there was no lockdown, so the block could be completely searched. the bbc secretly filmed inmates high on drugs. this
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and this album for me, lemonade album was just so monumental, beyonce, so monumental. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a bbc investigation has found evidence of major security failings at a privately run prison in northumberland. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama spent two months working as a prison officer at the jail near morpeth. he secretly filmed widespread drug abuse and discovered that door alarms didn t work and there was a hole in a fence. the ministry ofjustice says it s looking into allegations. our correspondent ed thomas reports. undercover in one of our biggest jails. for two months, undercover in one of our biggest jails. fortwo months, bbc undercover in one of our biggest jails. for two months, bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland at a private jail run by the a french company and home to more than 1300 inmates. 0n the undercover reporter s first day inside, 2.5 kilos
award, the artist of my life is beyonce for me, and the album lemonade is so monumental, so monumental. could afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the justice secretary, liz truss has said there s no quick fix to reduce the prison population in england and wales. her first major speech on sentencing follows a bbc investigation which found evidence of major security failings at a privately run prison in northumberland. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama spent two months working as a prison officer at the jail near morpeth. he secretly filmed widespread drug abuse and discovered that door alarms didn t work and there was a hole in a fence. the ministry ofjustice says it s looking into allegations. our correspondent ed thomas reports. undercover in one of our biggestjails. for two months, bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the french company sodexo and home to more th