:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening. The government's chief inspector of prisons has described
:00:10. > :00:13.the high security Maghaberry jail as the most dangerous he has ever set
:00:14. > :00:16.foot in. An inspection report describes the jail as unsafe,
:00:17. > :00:20.unstable and in a state of crisis. Inspectors said they had real
:00:21. > :00:23.concerns that if the issues identified were not addressed as a
:00:24. > :00:25.matter of urgency, there could be serious disorder or loss of life.
:00:26. > :00:34.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:00:35. > :00:35.Maghaberry Prison was built to hold Northern Ireland's
:00:36. > :00:43.But the prison itself is now considered a dangerous place.
:00:44. > :00:45.We inspect about 40 prisons a year and I have
:00:46. > :00:50.This is the most dangerous prison I have been into throughout my time
:00:51. > :00:56.There have been many reports criticising prisons here
:00:57. > :01:07.This inspection carried out in May 2015
:01:08. > :01:10.was undoubtedly the most concerning of all the reports published to date
:01:11. > :01:19.A team of more than 20 inspectors spent two weeks in Maghaberry Prison
:01:20. > :01:22.in May and they assess the prison's performance against for
:01:23. > :01:24.in May and they assess the prison's performance against four
:01:25. > :01:28.In three areas, safety, respect, and activity,
:01:29. > :01:35.When it came to the fourth area, resettlement, they described
:01:36. > :01:50.Maghaberry Prison.had become unsafe and unstable.
:01:51. > :01:56.This was in our opinion a prison in crisis.
:01:57. > :01:59.The Department of Justice says major changes and reforms have
:02:00. > :02:04.The Chief Inspector of Prisons does not agree.
:02:05. > :02:15.Dickens could write about Maghaberry Prison without batting an eyelid.
:02:16. > :02:18.The justice minister said he only had time for a limited number
:02:19. > :02:25.This was his response to a BBC reporter.
:02:26. > :02:35.The report criticised leadership of Maghaberry Prison in May this year.
:02:36. > :02:37.The director-general has refreshed and strengthened the leadership team
:02:38. > :02:40.in the prison and that is the team which is now delivering
:02:41. > :02:42.That is the important thing to focus on.
:02:43. > :02:43.They are not bringing in improvements?
:02:44. > :02:53.You were told that I had time for two questions then I had to see
:02:54. > :02:57.I will certainly not be resigning while I lead
:02:58. > :03:17.They are held here in Row House, a separate unit within the prison.
:03:18. > :03:20.They account for just 5% of the total prison population but are much
:03:21. > :03:29.The report says giving preference to maintaining the regime for separate
:03:30. > :03:38.prisoners over every other area in the prison is unfair...
:03:39. > :03:43.There are harsh words about health care in the prison.
:03:44. > :03:46.Concerns are shared by this protester who served 17
:03:47. > :03:51.He suffers from a rare condition which means his jaw
:03:52. > :03:59.did not grow normally and says he did not receive proper treatment.
:04:00. > :04:01.I was in the cell 24.7 just to sore.
:04:02. > :04:04.Because the doctors did not seem to understand they just kept putting
:04:05. > :04:08.my medication up and up and up to the point where I was just
:04:09. > :04:11.Improvements to the prison buildings are currently taking place
:04:12. > :04:17.but bricks and mortar won't fix the problems identified in this report.
:04:18. > :04:19.The inspectors will go back in January to assess what progress
:04:20. > :04:28.Director general of the prison service, Sue McAllister, said that
:04:29. > :04:30.while the report's findings were disappointing, conditions at the
:04:31. > :04:45.I have overseen significant improvements in reform to the
:04:46. > :04:49.service, acknowledged by the minister, by the independent
:04:50. > :04:52.oversight panel including the chief inspector of criminal justice, there
:04:53. > :04:56.is much work left, I am the right person to lead that but we have
:04:57. > :05:01.reached a point of no return. This is a huge huge reform programme and
:05:02. > :05:06.you would not expect it to be delivered quickly.
:05:07. > :05:09.A Belfast businessman has asked the police to investigate remarks made
:05:10. > :05:11.about him by the DUP leader, Peter Robinson.
:05:12. > :05:12.about him by the DUP leader, Peter Lawyers acting for Peter Curistan
:05:13. > :05:15.have lodged a complaint with the PSNI about the comments, which were
:05:16. > :05:18.made in the House of Commons nine years ago. Mr Curistan alleges there
:05:19. > :05:21.is a case to answer under what's known as "misfeasance in public
:05:22. > :05:24.office". Mr Robinson says any police investigation would be a waste of
:05:25. > :05:32.in two weeks time. Hospital have voted to go on strike
:05:33. > :05:35.The dispute is with the Northern Trust over planned changes to the
:05:36. > :05:38.rotation of the 30 paeditric nurses to include a new children's unit
:05:39. > :05:40.within the Accident and Emergency department. Nurses believe the plans
:05:41. > :05:43.are unsafe, but the Northern Trust say the proposals have been
:05:44. > :05:45.clinically assessed and any risks have been considered and concerns
:05:46. > :05:48.addressed. They also say they have offered the opportunity to resolve
:05:49. > :05:51.the dispute without the need to strike. But the nurses' union
:05:52. > :06:11.Nurses feel they need additional staff, it has not been resourced
:06:12. > :06:15.adequately. It isn't being staffed adequately. They are fully
:06:16. > :06:20.supportive of the concept of a paediatric unit in the A
:06:21. > :06:21.department but one that must be resourced properly and staffed
:06:22. > :06:24.properly. A public warning notice has been
:06:25. > :06:27.added to an art exhibition at the demonises the Orange Order.
:06:28. > :06:36.claim that one of the paintings appear to be Ku Klux Klan masks.
:06:37. > :06:39.Both the TUV and the DUP have asked for it to be removed. But the Grand
:06:40. > :06:43.Orange Lodge said they didn't object to the painting being in the
:06:44. > :06:46.exhibition as long as the warning We are not calling for this
:06:47. > :06:57.painting to be taken down four. This is not about censorship
:06:58. > :06:59.but this is about acknowledging the fact that it is offensive to
:07:00. > :07:04.our organisation and membership. I will make a point of going
:07:05. > :07:09.into see it. The Secretary of State says she
:07:10. > :07:12.believes a deal can be done at Stormont next week - but warned
:07:13. > :07:14.there are still significant obstacles to be overcome. Theresa
:07:15. > :07:16.Villiers was speaking amid speculation that a deal between the
:07:17. > :07:20.DUP and Sinn Fein is imminent. She said there was a degree of hope
:07:21. > :07:32.because of the commitment of the I think it's possible we could have
:07:33. > :07:38.a deal next week, yes. I am realistic about the state of the
:07:39. > :07:42.talks, I think that the gap between the parties on key issues has been
:07:43. > :07:48.closing but there are some very difficult problems still to be
:07:49. > :07:49.resolved. You can see that interview in full straight after this
:07:50. > :07:51.programme. And BBC Northern Ireland's Spotlight
:07:52. > :07:54.programme has won a Royal Television Society award tonight. The programme
:07:55. > :07:57.picked up the RTS for ' A Woman Alone with the IRA' in which Belfast
:07:58. > :08:00.woman Mairia Cahill said she was raped by a suspected IRA man and
:08:01. > :08:11.that the IRA later helped cover up Straight to the weather forecast.
:08:12. > :08:14.Angie. Hello, today's band of rain has been a transition to changeable
:08:15. > :08:21.weather through the next couple of days. The rain has moved on tonight,
:08:22. > :08:27.mainly dry, a firm out of cloud which will tend to become misty with
:08:28. > :08:32.low cloud, not Chile. Nine or 10 degrees. Tomorrow, and other change
:08:33. > :08:39.on the way, brighter weather moving in that another head cap tomorrow
:08:40. > :08:44.with a never wet and windy spell. They could be surface water and
:08:45. > :08:47.spray on the roads, not pleasant with the southerly breeze
:08:48. > :08:54.freshening. The rain moves away from the Republic of Ireland heading
:08:55. > :08:56.eastwards across the rest of Britain. For most parts of the
:08:57. > :09:04.country tomorrow, wet and windy. Quite mild in the south, 16 to 18
:09:05. > :09:10.degrees, decent for early November. Towards the West, West Wales and the
:09:11. > :09:14.south-west of England, skies will brighten up into the early hours.
:09:15. > :09:21.The afternoon is more cheery, sunshine, a few blustery showers
:09:22. > :09:26.moving through but more dry than wet weather. Decent temperatures, 15 or
:09:27. > :09:32.16 degrees. With a breeze, the values will be tempered. Saturday,
:09:33. > :09:37.low-pressure moves in bringing wet and windy conditions for a time.
:09:38. > :09:42.Another batch of rain moves in on Sunday said quite changeable with
:09:43. > :09:51.rain at times and wet and windy. That is your local news and weather.
:09:52. > :09:57.The next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am. You can keep updated with the news
:09:58. > :10:00.online. Take care, good night.