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Eight life-sentence prisoners get extra terms over 10-hour Whitemoor riot
The men armed themselves with makeshift weapons and barricaded a spur at the high-security prison in October 2022. Their extra sentences total 20 years.
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HMP Whitemoor improves on safety but daily regime remains poor, inspectors find
The Cambridgeshire high-security prison improved in three of four areas, but staff shortages left too many men locked up during the working day.
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HMP Whitemoor wings dirtiest the Chief Inspector of Prisons had seen, 2023 report found
A report published in April 2023 found HMP Whitemoor had declined in three of four healthy prison tests, with filthy wings, 59% of men locked in cells and purposeful activity rated poor.