'The vast majority of our staff are honest and hard working' according to an HMP Parc spokesperson.
Darren Williams said he feels unsafe in the prison, claiming there is a lack of staff and prison officers are paid to bring in drugs.at the prison between 27 February and 19 March - police believe four of the deaths were drug-related.An HMP Parc spokesperson has rejected Mr Williams' claims, saying there are strategies in place to root out drugs and contraband, and health and safety is a priority.
"The staff are bringing the drugs in. That’s how it’s getting into the jail. People are ripping the paper, smoking the paper. And the effects is people are dying off it. Zack Griffiths is a former inmate of Parc Prison. He was first sent there in 2016 after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
"Purposeful activity on average exceeds 30 hours per week and those men who are willing to engage, have longer periods out of their cells." "For your son to ring you and say ‘dad there’s been another death today'. What’s going to happen? What’s next? Who’s next? I don’t know."
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