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Chelmsford Prison sees nearly half of inmates fail drugs tests

By Olivia Wilson
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Nearly half of prisoners failed drugs tests at a prison that holds large numbers of gang members, a report said. HMP Chelmsford has one of the worst rates of drug use in the UK, according to HM Inspectorate of Prisons, with organised gangs responsible for supplying illicit items. There are “significant concerns about safety” and levels of violence are far too high, inspectors said...

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Inmates going weeks without time outdoors in overcrowded and rodent-infested prison, report finds

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Inmates in a “crumbling, overcrowded, vermin-infested prison” in south London have told inspectors they have been forced to go for days – and sometimes weeks – without time in the open air. One group of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth were described as walking “blinking into the sunlight” after spending more than a week indoors, officials found during an unannounced inspection in September. The...

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