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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Flora Thompson

Watchdog calls for ‘urgent improvement’ of high-security jail holding Charles Bronson

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A watchdog has called for a high-security jail holding notorious criminals like Charles Bronson to be put into emergency measures amid the high rate of attacks on prison officers and “chronic” staff shortages.

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor wrote to justice secretary Alex Chalk to issue an urgent notification for improvement at HMP Woodhill after an inspection found the Milton Keynes jail was “fundamentally unsafe”.

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