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General information and life in Belmarsh:
gov.uk/guidance/belmarsh-prison
doingtime.co.uk/hmp-belmarsh/general-information-hmp-belmarsh
judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-0032-Response-from-HMPPS-Redacted.pdf

UK’s GUANTANAMO BAY:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3714864.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3652141.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4100481.stm
bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2004/56.html

Escape attempt:
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/belmarsh-prison-escape-plot-thwarted-194303

Famous Convicts:
inews.co.uk/culture/television/hmp-belmarsh-prison-inmates-london-high-profile-convicts-tommy-robinson-ian-huntley-383547
newsshopper.co.uk/news/19270717.notorious-prisoners-banged-hmp-belmarsh
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fights-revenge-jihadi-neighbours-what-17956894

news.sky.com/story/stephen-port-who-is-the-grindr-killer-and-what-happened-to-his-victims-12426538
standard.co.uk/news/uk/wikileaks-julian-assange-marriage-belmarsh-prison-b942937.html

bustle.com/entertainment/where-is-delroy-grant-aka-the-night-stalker-now
mi5.gov.uk/news/abu-hamza-found-guilty-of-terrorism
theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/23/thomas-mair-found-guilty-of-jo-cox-murder

Inspection reports:
howardleague.org/prisons/belmarsh
justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/?s=belmarsh
justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/media/press-releases/2014/03/hmp-belmarsh-too-much-security-too-little-purposeful-activity
doingtime.co.uk/hmp-belmarsh/hmip-inspections-of-belmarsh
newsshopper.co.uk/news/17966753.violent-gangs-dirty-protests-unacceptable-conditions---belmarsh-annual-report-revealed

s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/imb-prod-storage-1ocod6bqky0vo/uploads/2020/09/IMB-Belmarsh-annual-report-2019-20-for-publication.pdf

London Pathway Progression Unit:

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/249846/belmarsh-prison-london-pathway-progression-unit.doc

In Recent News:
newsshopper.co.uk/news/18875900.spice-letters-sent-belmarsh-prisoners-rises-lockdown
maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/news/national/18841143.probe-inmate-dies-belmarsh-high-security-prison
https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/belmarsh-prisoner-killed-during-prison-17819003