News alert / Prison healthcare warning

A new report from the Nuffield Trust reveals the serious health impact on young people of violence in prison. Increasingly overcrowded prisons and staffing challenges have led to a healthcare crisis for younger prisoners in England and Wales, says the report, with the needs of children and young adults in custody overlooked. The thinktank highlights the health impacts of violence in prison on young people and finds high numbers of missed medical appointments and admissions for poisoning and injury affecting young people in prison.