When someone is assessed as being at risk of harming themselves, a complex care plan is put into place with healthcare professionals and prison staff, a spokesman said.

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Even a reputation for competence was undermined in 1996 after an official report into a prison break-out put the blame on a system riddled with deficiencies.

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The Founding Fathers put the writ into the Constitution as a check on the government's power to arbitrarily put someone in prison.

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He wants the trial to be put back and for Reprieve lawyers and mental health professionals to be allowed into the prison.

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Michael Marin was facing a sentence of seven to 21 years in prison on June 28 when courtroom video shows that he appeared to put something into his mouth and swallowed.

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Earlier this month Peter Wright, the new governor of Lincoln Prison, said he thought closure was "very unlikely" having recently had a lot of investment put into it and building still going on.

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