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• Three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales in appalling conditions as overcrowding fears grow

  05-08-2023 19:50
  
  Observer investigation finds system is in ‘worst state ever’ as senior figures warn of inmates ‘being warehoused’The vast majority of prisons are providing inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment, according to an Observer investigation that has led to claims of prisoners being “warehoused” in a system in crisis.An analysis of hundreds of inspections found that three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales are now providing insufficient standards in at
  
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• ‘I’ve watched people just fall apart’: inside the nightmare world of English and Welsh jails

  05-08-2023 19:49
  
  Former prison officer Alex South tells how cuts in funding have allowed assault, suicide and self-harm to become the norm• Three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales in appalling conditions Her week began by pulling a man down from a homemade ligature and performing CPR to keep him alive. Days later, Alex South saved another inmate found hanging in his cell. And the working week ended with the prison officer rescuing a third prisoner who had tightened a noose around his neck.In between
  
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