Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Hardline rhetoric blamed for rise in prison suicides / Independent, 23 Aug 2005

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article307420.ece
Politicians have been warned by the prisons watchdog that their hardline rhetoric on crime is leading to chronic overcrowding and more prison suicides. Anne Owers, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, said demands for longer sentences had led to a prisons "crisis" which was boosting the suicide rate.