Prison
What do people in prison think about life inside?
The Chief Prison Inspector’s report includes the views of more than 7,000 people in prison about life inside.
26th October 2020
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The Chief Prison Inspector’s report includes the views of more than 7,000 people in prison about life inside.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons annual report highlights men’s local and training prisons as “the most troubled part of the prison estate”.
The 1st annual report from new Chief Prison Inspector Peter Clarke makes for dispiriting reading with concerns about violence, self harm and illegal drug use.
While there are clear advantages to inspectors having an outsider’s view and a fresh perspective on the service they are responsible for, they are also vulnerable to accusations of not understanding the context in which they are working.
Nevertheless, he is forthright in saying that he shares the conclusion of the Justice Committee in attributing the main cause of this deterioration in the quality of our prisons to the financial cuts and, particularly the large reduction in the numbers of prison staff.
