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| Urgent call for action as prison murder rates soar |
| By droitwichadvertiser.co.uk |
| Published: 01/23/2014 |
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HMP Hewell has been named and shamed as one of a number of prisons contributing to a sharp rise in the number of suspected murders and self-inflicted deaths behind bars. The Howard League for Penal Reform has called for urgent action after revealing that there were four alleged homicides in prisons in England and Wales – the most in a calendar year since 1998. One of those was at the Tardebigge prison. The other prisons where homicides were allegedly committed are Long Lartin near Evesham, Lincoln in Lincolnshire and Lindholme, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire. HMP Hewell also recorded five deaths and three self-inflicted deaths during the year - one of the highest out of all prisons in England and Wales. Professor David Wilson, vice chair of the Howard League for Penal Reform and a former prison governor, said: “This is the highest number of alleged murders since 1998 and it reflects deep structural problems about control and order inside our jails – not our most high-security jails, but every prison in which we currently lock people up. Read More. |
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