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[Written Question] Prison Governors: Remote Working and Working Hours
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Corrupt Liverpool prison worker jailed for smuggling drugs and sending sex texts to inmates
Helen Spree, 63, headed prison watchdog and was said to have become besotted with killer Dylan Westall, 35A corrupt prison watchdog boss who billed herself “the prisoners’ Deliveroo” has been jailed for five years after admitting sending sexual messages to a killer inmate and smuggling drugs. Helen Spree, 63, was the head of the independent monitoring board (IMB) for HMP Liverpool when she engaged in illicit chats with prisoners over a 20-month period. Spree was said to have become besotted...
Corrupt Liverpool prison worker jailed for smuggling drugs and sending sex texts to inmates
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