Prison

Drone have become a major issue in British prisons, the technology used to smuggle items with an estimated value of up to £1.2 million.

Libby Wiener Political Correspondent

New figures show assaults on prison staff in England and Wales are at record levels - and have risen 140% in five years.

Drones are increasingly being used to smuggle drugs and mobile phones into prisons in England and Wales.

An inmate has been decapitated and five others have also died at a prison in northern Brazil.

A specialist taskforce is being launched by the Government as it steps up efforts to tackle "poisonous" extremism in prisons.

Neil Brennan went on the run from an open prison where he was serving an indefinite sentence for attempted murder and a previous escape.

One of her victims said it was "diabolical" that such a thing could happen.

The strike action was due to begin on Wednesday.

The Justice Secretary Liz Truss announced frontline staff at 31 jails will earn up to £5000 more a year amid surging levels of violence.

Justice secretary dismisses claims prison population rise is due to 'sentence inflation', saying more serious offenders are being jailed.