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Learning Lessons Bulletin: Prisoner dismissal from employment

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This learning lessons bulletin looks at the frequent complaints that my office receives about prisoners being dismissed from employment.

Learning Lessons Bulletin: Making recommendations

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This learning lessons bulletin is about making recommendations.

Learning Lessons Bulletin: End of life care

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This learning lessons bulletin highlights our learning on end of life care.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 4: Basic regime

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This learning lessons bulletin summarises learning from deaths in custody about the use of basic regime as part of the incentives and earned privileges scheme in prison.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 3: Child deaths

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Learning from PPO investigations into three recent deaths of children in custody.

Adjudication complaints

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This thematic report focuses on learning from our investigations into complaints about adjudications

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 1: Sexual abuse in prison

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Highlighting lessons that can be learned from complaints and fatal incidents that involve a sexual element.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 2: Religion

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Learning from PPO complaints relating to the challenges that custodial settings place on an individual’s ability to practise their religion.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 2: Restraints

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This Learning Lessons Bulletin examines the lessons that can be learned about risk assessment and use of restraints for seriously ill and dying prisoners.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 1: Probation complaints

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This first complaints Learning Lessons Bulletin examines the lessons that can be drawn from our investigations of probation complaints.