Prisoners are able to use plastic cutlery to dig through cell walls because of the poor state of UK jails, watchdogs have warned in their annual report.
A report by the Independent Monitoring Board found population pressures and overcrowding caused "tremendous strain" on every area of adult prison life.
Inmates were able to tunnel through Winchester prison walls using plastic cutlery in a Shawshank Redemption-style attempted breakout, a report has found.
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