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"Basically from day to day, as soon as you wake up in the morning your anxiety is through the roof because you’ve got no support, you’re banged up like 23 hours a day."

Unnamed prisoner

"I think a lot of people just need someone just to vent to and just, talking to someone is just relieving yourself of the stress. Like they don’t have to solve your problems, but I think[..] just listen to it, just try and help them out a bit more and take your time with the person you’re dealing with in those situations."

Young Black male participant in Spark Inside project

At the beginning you could put up with it because you had the mental strength... you wonder how much more you can actually tolerate."

Unnamed prisoner in HMIP report: What happens to prisoners in a pandemic?

"The scale of the problem of mental health in prisons is not known, but without a doubt it is very significant in many of our establishments”

Prison Officers Association, written evidence to Justice Select Committee

“White prisoners will get into trouble and keep their place here. Whereas BME prisoners make one mistake and go straight back to closed.”

Unnamed prisoner

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