Staff shortages and acute overcrowding in Britain’s prisons are so serious they are fuelling a rise in suicides amongst UK inmates, the Chief Inspector of Prisons warns. Chief Inspector Nick Hardwick told the Independent on Tuesday it was simply “not credible” for the coalition government to refute a direct link between mounting pressures on Britain’s prison system … Continue reading ‘Death trap’ prisons: UK government policy ‘responsible’ for soaring inmate suicides