The Observer view on Britain’s brutal and overcrowded prisons posing a risk to us all | Observer editorial

Nothing will change until politicians of all parties acknowledge that too many people are in prisonBritain’s public service infrastructure has been radically transformed over the past couple of centuries. But, as noted by former prime minister John Major earlier this year, one standout exception is the prison system.Many prisons were built in the Victorian era, when they were designed to house a single prisoner per cell. In today’s dangerously overcrowded estate, their cells often ho