Restrictions mean inmates can be in their cells for 23 hours a day, says the chief inspector of prisons.
Peter Clarke says keeping inmates in cells for 23 hours a day is like solitary confinement
The Prison Officers' Association has said the practice - which aims to help reduce the spread of the virus - has reduced violence and self-harm.But Mr Clarke, who is due to step down from his position at the end of October, said he found that argument "shallow" and "to an extent self-serving". Sentenced inmates are allowed out of their cells to attend work or education, to exercise and to socialise for short periods. But since lockdown much of this activity has stopped.
"We must be mindful there are 20 outbreak sites at the moment, so Covid is a real and prevalent threat.'So dirty you can't clean it' "I think the biggest problem is that there's been an overall failure to manage the performance of prisons for far too many years.He urged managers to "taste it, to smell it" and to "see what is actually happening" in prisons.
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