Grim reality of prison conditions laid bare in damning report
Key takeaways
- Prisoners in England and Wales spend most of their days locked in cells with no activities.
- Staff at immigration detention centre wore England flags, report finds
- The independent monitoring board’s annual report of conditions across the prison estate of England and Wales is stark and unflinching.
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Prisoners in England and Wales spend most of their days locked in cells with no activities. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Prisoners in England and Wales spend most of their days locked in cells with no activities. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Prisons and probation Analysis Grim reality of prison conditions laid bare in damning report Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor Inmates in England and Wales live among vermin while gangs control entire wings, monitors warn, with failures ‘at risk of becoming normalised’
Staff at immigration detention centre wore England flags, report finds
The independent monitoring board’s annual report of conditions across the prison estate of England and Wales is stark and unflinching.