Ministers accused of showing ‘inaccurate and incomplete understanding’ of how to improve jail system as they prepare to lock prisoners up for longer. May Bulman reports
, the government’s spending watchdog has warned as Boris Johnson vows to introduce longer jail terms. said the prison service had shown an “inaccurate and incomplete understanding” of how to improve the system, presiding over plummeting levels of safety and huge maintenance backlogs despite having introduced flagship initiatives to tackle these issues five years ago.
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