Concerns at violent and unsafe conditions at Chelmsford prison
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Chelmsford Prison: Locked in cells for 23 hours a day and violence among highest in UK
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MONITORS have said the levels of self-harming among inmates at HMP Hewell remain stubbornly high. In its annual report, the Independent Monitoring Board s (IMB) noted that 359 incidents of self-harm happened last year, from March 1, to September 30. Forty-nine per cent of all healthcare callouts during the six-month period were to respond to self-harming injuries, the IMB said. HMP Hewell in Tardebigge, near Redditch, remains on the Prison Performance Support Programme, which it was placed under in February 2020. This is in light of the deep-rooted issues that cannot be fixed overnight, according to the report. The IMB raised concerns that at-risk prisoners may not be being identified in time under a restricted regime due to the pandemic.