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• Exclusive: shock figures reveal state of UK’s brutal prisons

  17-02-2018 22:31 via theguardian.com
  Observer analysis of inspection reports shows two in five jails are unsafe and inadequate conditions prevail in over two-thirdsThe scale of the crisis engulfing Britain’s prisons can be revealed, after an Observer investigation found that two-thirds are providing inmates with inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment.An analysis of hundreds of inspections covering 118 institutions found that a staggering 68% are now providing unsatisfactory standards in at least one respect, with two
  
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• Exclusive: shock figures reveal crisis state of prisons in England and Wales

  17-02-2018 22:31 via theguardian.com
  Observer analysis of inspection reports shows two in five jails are unsafe and inadequate conditions prevail in over two-thirdsThe scale of the crisis engulfing prisons in England and Wales can be revealed, after an Observer investigation found that two-thirds are providing inmates with inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment.An analysis of hundreds of inspections covering 118 institutions found that a staggering 68% are now providing unsatisfactory standards in at least one respect, wit
  
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• Are prisons in England and Wales facing a meltdown?

  17-02-2018 22:31 via theguardian.com
  Few in government can now deny that our jail system is in severe crisis. Yet no one seems to want to tackle itIt is highly likely that Khader Ahmed Saleh felt fear in the weeks before he was murdered. And if he did, the wiry young father from London’s tight-knit Somali community would not have been alone. In a recent survey, more than two-thirds of his fellow inmates inside Wormwood Scrubs prison admitted feeling unsafe. That finding was published weeks before Saleh was stabbed to death on
  
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• Are Britain’s prisons facing a meltdown?

  17-02-2018 22:31 via theguardian.com
  Few in government can now deny that our jail system is in severe crisis. Yet no one seems to want to tackle itIt is highly likely that Khader Ahmed Saleh felt fear in the weeks before he was murdered. And if he did, the wiry young father from London’s tight-knit Somali community would not have been alone. In a recent survey, more than two-thirds of his fellow inmates inside Wormwood Scrubs prison admitted feeling unsafe. That finding was published weeks before Saleh was stabbed to death on
  
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• Paperless justice expands to tax bill appeals

  17-02-2018 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  Ministry of Justice says initiative will stop people wasting their time submitting incorrect or inaccurate forms.
  
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