How has coronavirus affected the prison and probation services?

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How has coronavirus affected the prison and probation services?

Work with Offenders digs into the detail.

Date - 16th April 2020
By - Russell Webster - Work with Offenders

There has been a lot of discussion about the impact of COVID-19 on our penal system, with the consensus that our overcrowded, outdated prisons are virtual Petri dishes likely to guarantee the spread of the virus across the whole estate, affecting...

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