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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Public put in ‘greater danger’ due to failure to rehabilitate prisoners in overcrowded jails

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The public is being put in “greater danger” as more prisoners are released from overcrowded jails without rehabilitation, education or training, a watchdog has warned.

HM chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, warned that failings were making convicts more likely to “return to their offending ways” when they are freed, while worsening conditions inside jails are making disorder and riots more likely.

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