Britain’s prison system is being “brought to its knees”, according to penal reform experts responding to a damning new report obtained by The Independent on Sunday. The soaring prison population, consistently high re-offending rates and increasing numbers of people on short sentences highlighted in the Prison Reform Trust’s dossier have produced a system that is “not fit for purpose”, they say
prisonThe disgrace of Britain’s jails: Institutions short-change inmates and societyMonday, November 16th, 2009Inmates self-harmed after being moved ‘like chess pieces’Thursday, October 22nd, 2009LONDON — Senior prison bosses were under investigation on Tuesday after they were found to have shifted several “difficult” inmates between two London prisons in order to con inspectors. |
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