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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Damning inspection uncovers ‘chaos’ inside UK’s newest prison

Britain’s newest prison was understaffed and unsafe when it opened last year and is still struggling with a “chronic shortfall” of prison officers, a damning inspection report has found.

Hundreds of cells are still empty at the new-build prison HMP Millsike in Yorkshire, which is run by private contractor Mitie, despite the government scrambling to find prison space.

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