Prison conditions in 2017
Prison Inspectors provide graphic evidence of the terrible physical state of many local prisons in England.
10th October 2017
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Prison Inspectors provide graphic evidence of the terrible physical state of many local prisons in England.
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Second post by Lucy Baldwin on her recent research which reveals the traumatic impact on children of their mothers being sentenced to short prison sentences.
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New FOI releases shed light on prison staff sickness and discipline and the number of mobile phones found in our prisons.
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