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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lizzie Dearden

Government warned over prison overcrowding as suicides soar

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The prisons watchdog has warned the government over the dangers of record overcrowding in British jails, as suicides and violence soar.

Charlie Taylor, HM chief inspector of prisons, wrote to the justice secretary announcing an urgent notification for “violent and drug-ridden” HMP Bristol, following a wave of death and disorder.

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