There were nearly 20,000 incidents of self-harm in women's prisons last year - an increase of 43% on the previous year, with a rate over ten times higher than in men's prisons.
An estimated 17,000 children have a mother in prison at some point each year, and prisons charity Pact is calling for the presence of social workers in every women's prison.
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