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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Helen William

Prisoners locked up with too little to do, inspectors say

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Inmates at two resettlement prisons in England and Wales are locked up for more than 22 hours a day with too little to do, inspectors have found.

Unannounced inspections at Brixton and The Mount prisons in March found that most of  the 1,716 inmates at both sites were locked up for 22 hours a day and more on weekends.

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