mo4ch:>UK prison with ‘staggering’ suicide rate still failing inmates – report | Mo4ch News
A prison that had the highest suicide rate in England and Wales in 2017, and where 20 men have taken their own lives since 2011, has a “staggering” death rate and is still failing inmates, a report has said.
Inspectors who turned up unannounced at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes in February said that there were "chronic and substantial" staff shortages.
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Peter Clarke, the chief inspector of prisons, said the prison was "still not safe enough", adding that a "disappointingly small number of recommendations from our previous inspection [in 2015] had been achieved".Clarke said in his report that "chronic staff shortages and inexperience" underpinned nearly all of the concerns raised in 2015. HMP Woodhill has over 600 male inmates, mainly remand prisoners and those serving short sentences, alongside a small proportion of category A high-security prisoners.When inspectors visited Woodhill in February, there were 55 prison officer vacancie…
Inspectors who turned up unannounced at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes in February said that there were "chronic and substantial" staff shortages.
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Peter Clarke, the chief inspector of prisons, said the prison was "still not safe enough", adding that a "disappointingly small number of recommendations from our previous inspection [in 2015] had been achieved".Clarke said in his report that "chronic staff shortages and inexperience" underpinned nearly all of the concerns raised in 2015. HMP Woodhill has over 600 male inmates, mainly remand prisoners and those serving short sentences, alongside a small proportion of category A high-security prisoners.When inspectors visited Woodhill in February, there were 55 prison officer vacancie…