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| Places of 'violence, squalor and idleness': UK prisons are in their 'worst state for 10 years' | Places of 'violence, squalor and idleness': UK prisons are in their 'worst state for 10 years' |
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| Prisons in the UK are in their worst state for 10 years and too many are places of “violence, squalor and idleness,” according to a damning assessment of the UK’s penal system by the government’s independent assessor of jails. | Prisons in the UK are in their worst state for 10 years and too many are places of “violence, squalor and idleness,” according to a damning assessment of the UK’s penal system by the government’s independent assessor of jails. |
| In his highly critical annual report, chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick said cuts to staffing levels and overcrowding had led to a deterioration in safety standards across Britain’s prison estate. | In his highly critical annual report, chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick said cuts to staffing levels and overcrowding had led to a deterioration in safety standards across Britain’s prison estate. |
| Legal highs, such as “Black Mamba” and “Spice”, are fuelling violence and debt among inmates, his study found. | Legal highs, such as “Black Mamba” and “Spice”, are fuelling violence and debt among inmates, his study found. |
| Mr Hardwick said: "In my view, too many of the prisons that we went to were places of violence, squalor and idleness." | Mr Hardwick said: "In my view, too many of the prisons that we went to were places of violence, squalor and idleness." |
| Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, said prisoners are places of 'violence, squalor and idleness' | |
| Assaults on staff are up 28 per cent since the coalition government came to power in 2010 and the death rate of prisoners is also rising, while self-harming among male inmates have increased too. | Assaults on staff are up 28 per cent since the coalition government came to power in 2010 and the death rate of prisoners is also rising, while self-harming among male inmates have increased too. |