Prison Overcrowding & Staff Vacancies

Prison overcrowding combined with high staff vacancies severely undermining the ability of prisons to deliver rehabilitation and ensure safety.

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Prison Overcrowding & Staff Vacancies has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:

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R2 — HMP Maghaberry lessons learned

Billy Wright Inquiry

Recommendation: Many of the problems of HMP Maze in 1997 arose from the fact that by then it was the sole prison in Northern Ireland holding the most dangerous terrorist prisoners. We are aware that HMP Maghaberry is currently the sole …

Gov response: Secretary of State Owen Paterson stated on 14 September 2010 that he would discuss all three recommendations with Justice Minister David Ford, as prisons had become a devolved matter. Some operational lessons from HMP Maze …

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