700 inmates doubled up in single cells at Doncaster prison, inspectors find - news

next news

الأربعاء، 29 يناير 2020

700 inmates doubled up in single cells at Doncaster prison, inspectors find

Chief inspector criticises ‘sophistry’ of claims jails are under nominal capacity

Inspectors discovered that 700 prisoners were doubling up in cells designed to hold one person at a “badly overcrowded” private jail in South Yorkshire where five inmates took their own lives in the space of a year.

Widespread drug use, self-harm and “worrying” levels of violence were also found at Doncaster prison, a report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons says.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/36AlN7B
Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent

Chief inspector criticises ‘sophistry’ of claims jails are under nominal capacity

Inspectors discovered that 700 prisoners were doubling up in cells designed to hold one person at a “badly overcrowded” private jail in South Yorkshire where five inmates took their own lives in the space of a year.

Widespread drug use, self-harm and “worrying” levels of violence were also found at Doncaster prison, a report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons says.

Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J January 30, 2020 at 02:01AM

ليست هناك تعليقات:

إرسال تعليق

Pages