Sadiq Khan MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on the Chief Inspector’s report into HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, said:

“This latest damning report by the independent inspector adds to the growing list of shocking prisons inspections under this Government.

“With reports of violence, squalid conditions and prisoners idling away their time in their cells, Ministers need to remove their heads from the sand.

“David Cameron’s Government can’t keep ignoring the growing crisis which ministers’ incompetence has created. Keeping prisoners in violent and squalid conditions, locked in their cells for most of the day, does not lead to them being rehabilitated.

“Ultimately this puts public safety at risk, as too many prisoners will go on to reoffend when released.”

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