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In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardian period, and its later half overlaps with the first part of the Belle Époque era of Continental Europe.

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HMP Coldingley prisoners throw human waste out of the cell windows'

Feb 16,2020 2:59 am

HMP Coldingley was a part of the high-profile prison reforms in the year 2016

prison inmates were throwing recourse to, human waste out of their cell Windows because of the lack of toilets, has found a report.

The Independent Monitoring Board, said it was "to be horrified about the lack of in-cell sanitation" in Surrey HMP Coldingley is.

He said, the prisoners were forced to use buckets in their cells and in The Night , and some would "inevitably. Disposal of human waste via cell phone windows".

The Ministry of justice has said, "this long-standing Problem".

More Than 350 men live in cells with no toilets or sinks at the category C prison in the vicinity of Bisley, The Report said.

'Impossible to keep clean'

the HMP Coldingley was one of six institutions named as a "reform house" in the year 2016, with the governors additional powers granted in what the government called it the "biggest shake-up of The Prison system, which since the Victorian Era ".

in addition to a commitment to spend £1. 3 billion to "replace decrepit, aging jails with modern facilities".

Heather Cook , the Chairman of the monitoring board in the Coldingley, said The Prison -the biggest problem continues to be the "poor state" of four wings built in 1969, the were "almost impossible to clean".

The Report of the Supervisory Board, said the "night sanitation arrangement" in prison was "demeaning and totally unsatisfactory".

In The Night , prisoners to a buzzer, and in a queue to use from your cell shared Toilets.

according to The Report queues can be long, and a prisoner of the "only other option is the use of a pot in his cell And Then to 'slop-out " in The Morning ".

Frances Crook, CEO of the Howard League for penal reform said the problem arose from the prisoners Locked In their cells during The Day and the "sleeping through their sentences", that is, they were more likely to awake at night need the toilet.

A prison Service spokesman said: "All prisoners have access to proper sanitation facilities, and almost 99% of them have toilets, access to in-cell.

"HMP Coldingley, it was built in the 1960s, is one of The Few prisons with shared toilets and the Installation of in-cell facilities would cut half of its capacity to. "

He said the detainees access to a toilet at all times during The Day and The Night through the use of computer-controlled electronic development in The Night .

"The Night -system upgrade next year," he said.

The Independent Monitoring Board, said it "remains to be seen when this key will work".



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Source of news: bbc.com

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