State of jail is 'matter of shame'

From: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK) | Date: August 9, 2007 | Copyright information

A Damning report on conditions at Pentonville Prison found evidence of "endemic squalor", with inmates crammed into the "crumbling" mid- 19th-century building.

Rat and cockroach infestations are a serious problem, while insufficient numbers of st...

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