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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helen Pidd

Jail cells without toilets persist in England despite ‘slopping out’ law

Aerial view of HMP Long Lartin, Worcestershire.
About half of all cells at HMP Long Lartin, Worcestershire, do not have toilets. Photograph: AP S (UK)/Alamy

Cells in some English jails still do not have toilets, leaving prisoners to defecate in buckets overnight and sleep in “inhumane” conditions, the Guardian has learned.

The practice – known as “slopping out” – was supposed to be outlawed from 1996. But at least five prisons still have cells without sanitation, posing particular problems for elderly or disabled prisoners.

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