“Chronically bored” prisoners who have missed out on rehabilitation work behind bars because of coronavirus restrictions could go on to commit more crimes once released, a report suggests.
Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor warned that the effect of the “prolonged” measures to contain the pandemic and the “lack of support to reduce reoffending” could have long-term consequences and put the public at risk of “serious harm”.
The report came as a court was told “conditions in prison are the worst that they have been in modern times”.
The inspector’s findings, based on analysis of interviews with 72 men, women and children in six prisons between September 30 and November 5, said the spread of Covid-19 was limited in prisons by a restricted daily regime which included long periods of time locked in cells and, as a result, predictions that thousands of people could die behind bars did not materialise.
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‘Like Groundhog Day’ – Prisoners describe sentences during the pandemic
Updated: 11/02/2021, 7:17 am
Some prisoners said they were ‘sleeping’ away their sentences (Paul Faith/PA)
“Chronically bored” prisoners who have missed out on rehabilitation work behind bars because of coronavirus restrictions could go on to commit more crimes once released, a report suggests.
Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor warned that the effect of the “prolonged” measures to contain the pandemic and the “lack of support to reduce reoffending” could have long-term consequences and put the public at risk of “serious harm”.
The report came as a court was told “conditions in prison are the worst that they have been in modern times”.
Updated: 11 Feb 2021, 10:11
A MUM who faked cancer to swindle more than £52,000 from well-wishers to splurge on holidays sobbed as she was jailed today.
Nicole Elkabbas, 42, claimed she needed to pay for life-saving ovarian cancer treatment - then splashed donations on her lavish lifestyle.
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Nicole Elkabbas, 42, posted a pic claiming to show her stricken in hospital - but was from a previous operation to remove her gallbladderCredit: PA:Press Association
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She splurged on football tickets and gambling and took six trips to Spain for treatment Credit: INS News
Elkabbas, of Broadstairs, Kent, set up a GoFundMe page to rake in thousand of pounds in donations before funnelling the funds into her own account.
By Press Association 2021
Nicole Elkabbas court case
A woman who faked having cancer and raked in more than £45,000 in donations from well-wishers has been jailed.
Nicole Elkabbas conned kind-hearted members of the public out of thousands using a convincing GoFundMe page and even a picture of her lying in a hospital bed.
She splurged the money on trips to Barcelona and Rome, gambling, and a box at Tottenham Hotspur football club.
During her scheme she spoke about her ovarian cancer diagnosis, subsequent surgery and round after round of gruelling chemotherapy in what prosecutors said were “detailed lies”.
Nicole Elkabbas posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed to con members of the public out of thousands of pounds (Crown Prosecution Service/PA)
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