#Labour urged to scrap £4bn #Tory mega-#jails plan and fund #rehabilitation

Exclusive: Former #ChiefInspectorOfPrisons #NickHardwick says money would be better spent preventing #crime
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/14/labour-urged-to-scrap-4bn-tory-mega-jails-plan-and-fund-rehabilitation
#ToryLegacy

''Worrying deterioration in #safety’ at #UKImmigration removal centres, warns #ChiefInspectorOfPrisons [for #England & # Wales Prisons in #Scotland are devolved, but IRCs are not...]'
All eight main detention centres in the UK have been found to have the most serious categories of failings'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/04/worrying-deterioration-in-safety-at-uk-immigration-removal-centres-warns-chief-inspector-of-prisons
#ToryLegacy #ToryInhumanity #Immigration

One in 10 #prisons in #England and #Wales should be shut down, watchdog says

Exclusive: #ChiefInspectorOfPrisons says 14 Victorian jails cannot provide proper accommodation for inmates

Violence, isolation and rat-infested cells: insiders on the state of English and Welsh prisons
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/25/one-in-10-prisons-in-england-and-wales-should-be-shut-down-watchdog-says
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices