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UK prisons: The cycle of re-offending
Is there a crisis looming over the prison system?
With soaring numbers of prisoners, unsanitary conditions, riots, deaths in custody and failures in rehabilitation - why is the justice system under such pressure?
Our correspondent Zoe Conway spoke to a former prisoner who gave this account of being inside.
Chief Inspector of Probation Glenys Stacey and Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke discuss the issues surrounding the prison system and re-offending.
(Image: Prison guard on stairs, credit: Getty Images)
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