Record high levels of prisoner self-harm a ‘damning indictment’ of failures in mental health provision in jails

Record high levels of prisoner self-harm a ‘damning indictment’ of failures in mental health provision in jails

This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/record-high-prisoner-self-harm-mental-health-prisons-public-accounts-committee-ministry-justice-a8106766.html By: May Bulman Social Affairs Correspondent  Record high levels of self-harm in prisons are a “damning indictment” of the current state of the mental health provision in jails across England and Wales, MPs have warned. A report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) reveals that long-standing understaffing and increased prevalence of drugs…