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Howard League responds to prison safety statistics

On 30th July 202031st July 2020 By peterlongden

294 people died in prison custody in 12 months to end of June 2020 64,552 self-injury incidents recorded in 12 months to end of March 2020 Assaults recorded in prisons at rate of one every 17 minutes Seven prisons awarded lowest possible performance rating The number of people who have died in […]

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