Article: Hay Festival heads behind bars to unlock inmates' minds.(News)

Article: Parc prison officer suspended; ALLEGATION: 'Officer ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  January 11, 2002 ;     391 words ...A SENIOR officer at Parc Prison in Bridgend has been suspended after allegedly beating up a prisoner ... Smith became the seventh person to kill himself at the prison. A Parc Prison spokeswoman said, "I can confirm a member of staff has been ...

Article: Parc Prison `one of the best in country'.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  June 18, 2003 ;     591 words ... ... The Operational Performance of PFI Prisons, finds that Parc Prison in Bridgend operated as well as the best public prisons ... managing director, Securicor Justice Services, which runs Parc Prison said he was particularly happy at findings that Parc had performed ...

Article: Parc Prison warder ready to do a runner.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  April 4, 2002 ;     448 words ...PARC Prison warder Nigel O'Shea is doing a runner next week - in the London Marathon ... to finish it in under five hours, " he added. CAPTION(S): READY Parc Prison officer Nigel O'Shea is running in the London Marathon in aid of the ...

Article: Prisoner assaults running at more than one a day; Violence at ...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  June 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... South Wales. There were 381 attacks in a single year at Parc Prison in Bridgend, which includes a young offender institution ... establishments, if not lower," she said. CAPTION(S): Parc Prison in Bridgend is privately run by G4S

Article: Man, 20, serving sentence for arson found hanged in cell at ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 7, 2001 ;     431 words ... ... five-year sentence for arson at the young offenders unit at Parc Prison in Bridgend when he was found hanged from a bed just after ... said no further information would be released before then. Parc Prison is a private institution run by Securicor Custodial Services ...

Article: Parc Prison manager claims things are on the up ...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  August 10, 2004 ;     482 words ...Bridgend's Parc Prison has been declared the worst privately-run prison in England and Wales. A report out today from the Independent Monitoring Board ...

Article: Parc Prison 'is failing'.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  August 10, 2004 ;     319 words ... ... report out today. The Independent Monitoring Board - formerly known as the Prison Visitors Association - claims Bridgend's Parc Prison is failing to meet the required standards in a number of areas. These include a failure to provide separate healthcare facilities ...