UK: Chris Grayling insists prisons are 'not in crisis'

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"Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has admitted that prisons in England and Wales face problems with violence, suicides and staff shortages."

See the article: Chris Grayling insists prisons are 'not in crisis' (BBC News, link)

Also see: Britain's prison overcrowding crisis surges 'close to the brink' (The Independent, link) and: Statistics reveal prisons struggling to cope (Prison Reform Trust, link)

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