📢 Government projections indicate that the prison population could rise by as much as a quarter in the next five years.
We join Women in Prison in calling for a change of direction!
Read more on The Times and The Sunday Times ⬇️
thetimes.co.uk/article/john-m…
#LiftTheLidOnPrisons
New report from HMI Prisons finds two thirds of women (66%) were unlocked from their cells for less than two hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
Keeping women in their cells for up to 22 hours a day negatively impacts both their mental and physical heath #LiftTheLidOnPrisons
As #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is upon us, it is important to #LiftTheLidOnPrisons and reveal the mental health crisis that lies beneath.
Deaths, self-harm and violence, have risen in prisons in England and Wales over the past 12 months.
howardleague.org/news/self-harm…
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