"Prison Crisis Deepens: Inmates in England and Wales Suffer in Overcrowded and Unsustainable Conditions. A damning report from the independent monitoring board has exposed the shocking state of prisons in England and Wales, where inmates are forced to live among vermin and gangs exert control over entire wings. The report paints a bleak picture of overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and a breakdown in order, with the risk of these failures becoming normalized. The findings come as staff at an immigration detention centre were recently accused of wearing England flags, highlighting the systemic issues that plague the UK's prison system."
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 findsThe independent monitoring board’s annual report of conditions across the prison estate of England and Wales is stark and unflinching.Men and women are held for long periods in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, often living alongside vermin. Continue reading...
