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Nick Hardwick

Professor Nick Hardwick was Her Majesty’s chief inspector of prisons between 2010 and 2016

<p>An aerial view of HMP YOI Peterborough, a category B prison for men and women, which has a capacity for 840 people </p>
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We are sending too many criminals to prison for too long…

<p>Daniel Khalife, inset, who escaped from Wandsworth prison </p>
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The escape of Daniel Khalife exposes a prison system in crisis

A prison officer stands outside Birmingham Prison in Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, which is one of three to be selected for privatisation on March 31, 2011 in Birmingham, England.
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This week's big questions: What is prison for? Do we want super-jails?

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