Inmates ‘with nothing to lose’ threaten jails – The Times

Posted January 29th, 2009 in news, prisons by sally

“A growing number of prisoners serving long sentences who have ‘nothing to lose’ is a threat to the control and stability of the jail system, the prisons watchdog warns. Dame Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, also said that there was a growing use of force to control the most pressurised jails in England and Wales.”

Full story

The Times, 29th January 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk