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United Kingdom: prison set up a 'rage room' for prisoners to 'let off steam' by smashing old wooden pallets

Inmates at HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale, Lancs, were given safety goggles and allowed to demolish the wooden structures with various implements. The 'pallet-smashing workshop' was praised by Charlie Taylor, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, for allowing prisoners to release their pent-up anger – and hailed as a 'smashing idea' by the Prison Service.

Source: Daily Mail (20/05/2024)