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Independent public inquiry urged as report shows rise in self-inflicted deaths
Watchdog cites high levels of violence and squalid conditions
Prison numbers have risen since reforms were introduced in 2015
Renationalisation could boost efficiency of service but initiative has its critics
Chief inspector says current system is ‘irredeemably flawed’
Part-privatisation has led to dislocation of services and calls for radical change
The deprivation of liberty should not be the responsibility of a private company
Failure of HMP Birmingham experiment raises broader questions
Everyone seems to agree test of outsourcing troubled regime has failed
Report accuses ministers of taking ‘crisis management’ approach to jails
Public sector took over Victorian jail last August after intervention by inspector
G4S loses contract after watchdog warned of high levels of violence and drug-taking
Chief inspector criticises part-privatisation of service in England and Wales
High levels of drug use and violence found at Onley in scathing inspection report
HMP Berwyn was meant to be a blueprint for fixing the penal system. Two years on, it is 40 per cent empty
National Audit Office says ‘rushed’ changes failed to deliver and cost taxpayers dearly
Management of ex-offenders was so poor that public safety was ‘put at risk’
Proposals include abolishing short sentences and focusing on rehabilitation
Revamp of parole system is only part of improving criminal justice
HMP Birmingham too ‘fragile’ to be handed back to private contractor G4S
Campaigners focus on flaws in system after ‘black cab rapist’ case
Justice secretary describes figures as ‘disturbing’ as assaults jump by a fifth
Report describes cells as ‘filthy and decrepit’ and criticises ‘serious lack of order’
Inspectors found chaos in which ‘zombie’ inmates high on drugs flouted authority
Austerity has left institutions understaffed, overcrowded and beset by drug problems
