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Tuesday, June 10, 2003 |
Suicides at record high as jails swell
High security Woodhill Prison has had eight suicides in the last five years - three of them in 2002 alone. But the whole prison system is suffering a growing problem with self-inflicted deaths.
The total for the 138 prisons in England and Wales leapt from 73 in 2001 to 94 in 2002 - the worst year ever. The problem is being blamed on overcrowding, making staff less able to supervise inmates.
Daily Mirror
8:24:27 AM 
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New inspection of jail ordered
A fresh inspection has been ordered into Brixton prison after it emerged that the man leading the investigation had already been informally approached by the prison service to become the governor of the south London inner-city jail.
Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, yesterday said leaders of official jail inspection teams would in future be banned from taking up the governorship of a prison within six months of an inspection in which they had been involved.
Guardian
8:13:05 AM
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Fourth inmate dies
An investigation is under way after a fourth inmate in three months was found hanged at Blakenhurst Prison.
Another inmate at the prison attempted to take his own life on Sunday and was later resuscitated. An official report found Blakenhurst to be "rife with bullying"
BBC
8:02:59 AM
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Inquiry call for women's prison
Campaigners have called for an independent inquiry at a women's jail where five inmates have committed suicide in the past 10 months.
Styal Prison, near Wilmslow, Cheshire, has one of the worst records for suicides, according to the Howard League for Penal Reform.
BBC
8:01:11 AM
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© Copyright 2003 Nick Page.
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Updated: 15/7/03; 2:15:30 pm.
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