Overcrowded and understaffed: life in England’s crumbling prisons
Today in Focus
The Guardian
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Rats, broken windows and overfilled cells are a daily reality for prisoners in England’s crumbling jails. Helen Pidd reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:07.6 | Today, too many prisoners, not enough officers, |
| 0:12.2 | what life inside a prison right now really looks like. |
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