The damaging assessment of the dire state of facilities in England and Wales from the Independent Monitoring Board found population pressures and overcrowding had put a "tremendous strain" on prison life.HMP Winchester - and other Victorian-era prisons - are in a "particularly dire" condition, the report said.It cited the age of some prison buildings as making it difficult to keep facilities "functional and decent".
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