Channings Wood must offer more purposeful activity

Responding to the HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ report on Channings Wood Prison, Newton Abbot, published today (12th February 2013) that states "...we again found an establishment that continued to perform reasonably well against most of our tests but with caveats - most notably on the provision of activity", Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns at the Howard League for Penal Reform, said:

“Although this report is broadly positive, it is concerning that some prisoners are spending 20 hours a day stuck in their cells because of the lamentable lack of activities on offer.

“That education and purposeful activity such as real work is in short supply is particularly worrying in a training prison such as Channings Wood, which is supposed to be helping people develop the skills they need to turn their back on crime on the outside.”

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