The chief inspector of prisons blasted the 'depressingly low level of activity for prisoners' who spend their time 'watching daytime television and sleeping'
Prisons have been infected by a "post-Covid torpor" a watchdog has warned.Prisons have been infected by a "post-Covid torpor" with inmates "wiling away their time watching daytime television and sleeping", a watchdog has warned.
In the lecture for Royal Holloway, University of London, he said: "Since the end of last year we have inspected seven category C training prisons, where there has been a depressingly low level of activity for prisoners in jails whose responsibility is to educate, train and increase the employability of prisoners, with the aim of preparing them for their eventual release.
"Reoffending rates for those leaving custody remain stubbornly high at around 40% for adults and over 60% for children. "If prisons are to be an essential component of a successful justice system, that is trusted by the public to keep them safe, then our model needs to change...
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