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Winchester prison falling apart amid ‘very high levels of violence’
General view of a sign for HMP Winchester in Hampshire

WINCHESTER prison is falling apart amid “very high levels of violence” and needs urgent improvement, the prisons watchdog warned today.

Inspectors called for immediate emergency measures after finding that an inmate had been able to remove his own cell door.

Prisoners are being held in “dreadful conditions,” they said, with some cells “so damp and mouldy that inspectors questioned whether they were fit for habitation.”

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