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: Current AwarenessSeeking solitary: prison gang wars force fearful inmates to plead for segregation - The Guardian
By sally
“The segregation units in Britain’s high security prisons used to be full of prisoners being punished for breaking the rules or being held in solitary because they were too dangerous to mix with others.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Full post as published by Current Awareness on February 18, 2008 (boomark / email).
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