Military model can’t curb violance in jails | Letters

Prisons minister Rory Stewart is taken to task by Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs over his plans to reduce assaults in jails, while Cherry Weston reckons the government’s whole approach is illogicalRory Stewart’s prison plan ignores some key issues (Prisons minister: I’ll quit if assaults do not fall in problem jails, 17 August). He reduces safety to the issue of assaults. However, as prisons inspectorate reports acknowledge, keeping prisoners safe is more complex. Their