Prison Education Cuts Driving Drug Use and Violence, Inspector Warns

Britain's chief prison inspector warns that education spending cuts—some slashing programs by half—are fueling drug use and violence behind bars. With fewer teachers and less to do, inmates grow desperate and bored. A wave of early releases under new sentencing rules risks making things worse unless communities get proper support to help prisoners reintegrate. This contradicts the government's 2024 promise to improve prison learning.