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Staffing shortfalls compounding pressures on struggling Peterborough prison, inspectorate finds

PETERBOROUGH prison is struggling under the weight of staffing shortages and a the churn of those caught in a cycle of reoffending, inspectors have found.

The prisons inspectorate found the jail had freed about 1,200 men in the last year but recalled 700 for breaking the rules of their community supervision.

About a third of those released were high-risk prisoners. 

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