Sentence examples for cell designed for from inspiring English sources

In England and Wales many remand prisoners are held two to a cell designed for one, often with a convicted prisoner.

That the current prison population is unsustainable within the constraints of the prison estate is beyond question; most prisons in England and Wales (59%) are overcrowded and more than 20,000 prisoners are held two to a cell designed for one, or three to a cell designed for two.

While I was there, I shared a cell designed for one person with a guy going cold turkey, projectile vomiting from both ends into a cell toilet that lacked any type of screen.

"We rioted because of the atrocious conditions: being locked up – three people, three strangers, to a cell designed for one – for 23 hours a day, having only a bucket for a toilet and being bullied and intimidated by prison officers.

"At its worst, overcrowding meant two prisoners sharing a six foot by 10 foot cell designed for one, with bunks along one wall, a table and chair for one, some shelves, a small TV, an unscreened toilet at the foot of the bunks, little ventilation and a sheet as a makeshift curtain.

Overcrowding does not only mean the 18,000 men currently forced to share two to a cell designed for one; it also means the continual movement, or churn, of sentenced prisoners from one cramped institution to another to make way for the remand prisoners who need to be held near the courts.

"Prisons are grossly overcrowded, with 20,000 people sharing cells designed for one person".

British prisons have been overcrowded for almost a decade now, with two or three prisoners crammed into cells designed for single occupancy.

Prison Service chiefs are expected to outline the contingency measures, including increased overcrowding by doubling and even trebling inmates in cells designed for single occupation.

The report said most inmates at the Hopewell Township jail, including those in maximum-security areas, are triple-bunked in cells designed for two.

In the prisons, cells designed for one person that include a lavatory are being used by two, but prisons are still being forced literally to close their doors to any further admissions.