Disruptive behaviour in prisons

In 1993, the UK imposed stricter disciplinary penalties in its jails for disruptive inmates, prompted in part by extreme overcrowding and volatile conditions in certain prisons. A riot at Reading remand centre had caused more than £11 million worth of damages and injured 12 prison officers.

1. Disruptive behaviour in institutions

1. Assaults on prison staff

1. Prison suicides

1. Mentally ill prisoners
2. Maltreatment of prisoners
3. Irresponsible penal practices
4. Infringement of rights of prisoners
5. Inadequate segregation of different categories of offenders
6. Inadequate prison conditions and penal systems
7. Boredom of detention

1. Beating of prisoners