"An inmate who's been locked up for most of the day has carved mum and dad into his arm with a sharp object. A prison officer crouches down, stemming the flow."
"Shay Dhury has been a prison officer here for almost five years and says she's never seen it this bad. Recently, both her wrists were broken as she tried to separate two gang members during a fight."
"There's a cacophony of slamming metal doors, keys jangling, and shouts and screams from inmates as officers race to see what's happened."
"Next week, with prisons across the country running out of cells for new inmates, the government will release some offenders early in a controversial scheme aimed at easing the overwhelming pressure on a system on the brink of collapse."
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