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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Richard Vernalls

Women’s prison inmates made ‘1,000 calls a month’ to Samaritans – inspectors

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Safety improvements have been urged at a women’s jail by inspectors who found inmates were making “1,000 calls a month” to Samaritans

A report published on Wednesday following an inspection of HMP YOI Foston Hall, in Derbyshire by HM Inspectorate of Prisons rated safety at the jail as “poor”, calling it “a rare and unexpected finding in a women’s prison”.

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