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DRUGS are a growing problem at Maidstone jail in Kent, a new report by chief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke has warned.
His team was also troubled by the “disproportionate” use of strip-searching and inmates having to wait six months to see a dentist.
Although the prison was “calm and well-ordered,” Mr Clarke warned the governor not to be complacent. He was particularly worried about illicit substances entering the Victorian prison, which houses 600 foreign male offenders.
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
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.
