The Chief Inspector of Prisons has asked whether prisoners in HMP and YOI Nottingham took their own lives because they could no longer face life in the violent, drug-ridden jail.
Prison governors should be encouraged to get more prisoners out on temporary release to engage in work, training and education in the community, says a new briefing by the Prison Reform Trust.
Uncertainty over the future of HMP Hindley, which was earmarked for closure but then kept open, had undermined efforts to improve treatment and conditions for prisoners, according to a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons.