Jails in England and Wales have increased in jails as incidents, attacks and self-loss incidents Crowd crisis deepensShow new figures.
Seven Prisoners The year was killed by June 2025 in the year compared to the previous year. According to the security of the Ministry of Justice in custody data, there are usually three or less murders a year.
During the same period, after the death of 401 people in jail in jail, it increased by 30 percent in total. It had 86 who had deaths Classified as self-explosionBelow 93 last year.
By the end of March 2025, a record 77,898 incidents of self-loss took place in 12 months-equal to one in seven minutes.
During the same period, jails recorded 30,846 attacks – up to nine percent – in which 3,402 were severely classified. The attacks on employees also increased by 7 percent, with 10,568 attacks.
Dangerous figures come as one of about five adult prisons in England and Wales. Serious concern Raised about their performance, the highest number since the current system of inspections begins.
Some 22 jails were given the least possible performance ranking in the year to march 15 in the last 12 months. Another 37 jails were assessed as anxiety, above 35.
The findings of the Ministry of Justice are noted that “the prisoners of the prison may reflect the pressures facing the property”, as the ministers continue to struggle with congestion, violence and drugs in the jails.
Earlier this month, Charlie Taylor, Chief Inspector of Jails, was kept HMP Pentanville In special measures on its “chaotic” conditions.
According to The Watchdog, an immediate notification was served to the rat and cockroach-infected North London Jail since November 2022.
The Howard League warned for punishment reform “the gel cannot run in this way” and that “far more” should be done to reduce the pressure on the jail’s population.
The campaign director Andrew Nielsen said: “It is unconscious to see a huge increase in deaths in custody, as well as spikes in self-loss and attacks.
“What is happening behind bars, matters to all of us, because highlighting people failing institutions where death, crisis and violence are ideal, there is no way to prepare individuals for a safe and crime-free life on release.”
Inquiry, a donation that investigates the deaths related to the state, said that the figures were more evidence of a prison property in crisis.
“These figures are still another disastrous indictment of the frightening state of the prison system, and the disastrous social horms arise for the people of the jail regime,” Debora Kols said, the director of inquiry.
On Monday, a test of Teser in jails used by expert officers began as part of an effort to curb the level of violence against the jail authorities.
The government, which has vowed to create 14,000 new prison places by 2031, has also announced a new £ 900,000 cash boost to deal with drones to bring drugs and weapons to jails.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has also accepted a link to the recommendations following a major report by David Gauk, who will do less work in custody in custody in the reforms required to reduce the pressure on jails.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: “These figures once again bare the limit of the crisis facing our jails-with the level of violence, attacks on employees and much self-loss.
“The government has made it clear that whatever we can do to protect our hardworking employees, it will be done – that is why we are trialing tacar in jails and compulsory protective body armor for prison officials working with the most dangerous criminals.
“But it is clear that fundamental change requires, which is why we are also improving our jails so that they make better citizens, not better criminals.”
