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UK: Prisons are becoming more dangerous more quickly

01 August 2016

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"Deaths, assaults and self-injury are rising in prisons, with safety deteriorating at a faster rate year after year, figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (Thursday 28 July).

Statistics published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show that, across England and Wales, 321 people died in prison custody during the 12 months to the end of June 2016 – an increase of 30 per cent.

They included 105 people who are thought to have taken their own lives. The total number of deaths classed as “self-inflicted” rose by 28 per cent compared with the 12 months to the end of June 2015."

See: press release: Prisons are becoming more dangerous more quickly (Howard League for Penal Reform, link)

See also: growing prison population, longer sentences handed down, people spending more time in prison: Story of the Prison Population: 1993-2016: England and Wales (Ministry of Justice, pdf)

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