Summary
SEVERE prison overcrowding is turning North jails into hotbeds of violence with assaults on inmates and prison officers rocketing.
Castington Young Offenders' Institution in Northumberland was the most violent, with 374 attacks recorded in 2004/2005 compared with 293 five years previously, a 27 per cent rise.See the full content of this document
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Violence Soars at North Prisons
The prison - which houses 14 to 21 year-olds - also saw assaults on wardens shoot up by 21pc from 46 in 2000/01 to 56 in...
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