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The chief inspector of prisons, Nick Hardwick, has mentioned in a highly critical annual report that jails in England and Wales are in their worst state now since 10 years. Hardwick specially pointed toward the increase in rates of violence partly fuelled by a “surge” in legal highs and warned about the growing popularity of drugs called Black Mamba and Spice. In his report, Hardwick stressed that staff cuts and overcrowding have had a “significant impact” on safety as some inmates are forced to live in cockroach-infested cells.
According to the figures included in the report, both more men and women are dying in prison while more male inmates are self-harming, and assaults on prisoners and staff have also increased. In his remarks, Mr. Hardwick stated that “the outcomes we reported on in 2014-15 were the worst we reported on for 10 years. And in my view too many of the prisons that we went to were places of violence, squalor and idleness.” He alleged that “that is bad for prisoners, it is bad for staff and, perhaps most importantly, it is bad for the communities into which these prisoners are going to be returned.”
Moreover, the report revealed that “more recently, in 2014-15, the rapid increase in the availability of new psychoactive substances – new drugs such as Spice and Black Mamba that are developed or chosen to mimic the effects of illegal drugs such as cannabis, heroin or amphetamines and may have unpredictable and life-threatening effects – has had a severe impact and has led to debt and associated violence.”
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