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United Kingdom: women in prison facing ‘astonishing gaps in basic decency’ and ‘overreliance’ on physical force
Women’s prisons have ‘astonishing gaps in basic decency’ and an ‘overreliance’ on physical force according to new research which examined conditions in four jails.
Source: the justice gap (06/02/2025)