Inmates dug through Winchester prison walls with plastic cutlery, report finds

Inmates dug through prison wall with plastic cutlery in Shawshank Redemption-style attempted breakout, report finds

Inmates were able to tunnel through Winchester prison walls using plastic cutlery in a Shawshank Redemption-style attempted breakout, a report has found.

Inmates dig through cell wall with plastic cutlery

A new report highlights crumbling walls and overcrowding in Winchester's Victorian-era prison.

Inmates at Winchester prison dug through walls with plastic cutlery, IMB report finds

A report by the Independent Monitoring Board found population pressures and overcrowding caused "tremendous strain" on every area of adult prison life.

Urgent warning issued as prisoners can 'dig through walls with plastic cutlery'

A report found that prisons across England and Wales are in 'dire' physical conditions.

Prison walls so crumbly inmates can dig through with plastic cutlery

Physical conditions of jails across the England and Wales are dire, warns watchdog

Prison walls so inmates can dig with plastic cutlery

Prisoners may be using plastic cutlery to dig through cell walls because of the poor condition of Britain's prisons, watchdogs have warned in their annual