THE Tory legacy of chaos in England’s prisons has been further exposed in a damning report condemning “catastrophic” conditions at Wandsworth prison in London.
Suicides, violence, chronic overcrowding, understaffing, rodent infestation and widespread drug use are just some of the problems detailed in a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons published today.
In May, Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor wrote to then Conservative justice secretary Alex Chalk invoking an “urgent notification” demanding action.
MARK FAIRHURST highlights the main issues facing officers in a long neglected service, and raised by front-line delegates at POA conference last week, including understaffing, violence, bullying and the ongoing denial of workers’ right to strike
Despite Labour’s promises to bring things ‘in-house,’ the Justice Secretary has awarded notorious outsourcing outfit Mitie a £329 million contract to run a new prison — despite its track record of abuse and neglect in its migrant facilities, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
AN “alarming” ingress of drugs at a prison led to the most inmate deaths in Wales and England last year, inspectors reveal today.