HMP Garth Leyland’s HMP Garth has been described as being overrun with drug deliveries and unmanaged behaviour problems in a damning inspectors report.
Corporation Street bus gate brings in nearly £1m in three months as two new bus lanes for city remain on trackLeyland’s HMP Garth has been described as being overrun with drug deliveries and unmanaged behaviour problems in a damning inspectors report.
A survey of prisoners found almost two-thirds of prisoners said that drugs were easy to get compared with 44% at the previous inspection and 41% at similar prisons. Inspectors found that the smell of drugs was evident throughout, while the impact could “be seen in the increasing levels of violence, the full segregation unit and the large number of prisoners who wanted protection from their peers because they were in debt.
The effects of insufficient staffing levels could be seen in an inability to control behaviour and the failure to enable inmates to attend medical appointments and education lessons. The prison itself was littered with broken and dirty furniture, equipment and infrastructure, with even the ceilings falling apart. While doubts were raised over the capital needed to fix these, prison leaders now face pressure to fix the many concerns raised.
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