Article: Exeter prison protest

Article: Prison overcrowding is causing 'crisis' situation ; Overcrowding ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the Prisons Minister, said of Exeter Prison: "Pressure of maximum prisoner ... maximum levels." Last year, Exeter prison officers took part in a national strike ... social and community cohesion." Exeter prison was regarded as having good ...

Article: Prison job applicants' details leaked by mistake ; Details of 700 ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  January 28, 2009 ;     450 words ... ... applied for jobs at Exeter Prison were e-mailed in ... applications for jobs as prison officers at the facility ... A spokesman for Exeter Prison said staff there were ... recipients." But prison officers said it was not the ...

Article: Suicides are blamed on overcrowded city prison ; Prison watchdogs ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  April 16, 2008 ;     638 words ... ... say that overcrowding at Exeter Prison could be responsible for ... have committed suicide at Exeter Prison over the last four years ... this puts great pressure on prison officers. It makes it much more ... said the suicide rate at Exeter Prison was not one of the worst ...

Article: Prison officers vote for strike
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  August 17, 2007 ;     377 words ...Prison officers have voted to take ... a row over pay. Exeter Prison employs around 350 staff, with prison officers numbering just over ... relations at beleaguered Exeter Prison. Earlier this summer, prison officers gave a vote of no ...

Article: Crowded Exeter prison 'stretched to breaking point'
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 17, 2008 ;     562 words ...Campaigners have warned that overcrowding at Exeter Prison means conditions are "deteriorating dangerously ... night, instead of using a bucket, but he said the Prison Officers' Association was concerned about the safety of staff ...

Article: Prison officers in walkout 'angry' at their pay ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  August 31, 2007 ;     518 words ... ... chiefs representing prison officers who took part in ... Government and the Prison Officers' Association were ... pay. Thousands of prison officers around the country ... including around 200 from Exeter Prison - walked out over ...

Article: Reform group reveals increase in attacks on officers at city ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  May 19, 2009 ;     623 words ... ... increase in the number of assaults on prison officers by inmates at jails in Devon. At Exeter Prison there were six assaults on staff last ... Last year there were six fires at Exeter Prison, down from seven in 2004, while the ...