Prison Officers Association warns that inmates with mental health problems are in additional danger without boost in resourcesDeep cuts to prison funding means staff are no longer able to spend enough time helping prisoners such as Sarah Reed,the mentally ill woman found dead in her cell last month, prison officers leaders absorb said.
Steve Gillan, or general secretary of the Prison Officers Association,said reforms had left prisons badly understaffed, and that not enough was being done to divert people with mental health problems absent from prison. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com