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A prisoner pushes a message through a cell window at Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London, which is still riddled with serious problems four years after a culture of staff brutality was
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Wormwood Scrubs prison inmates locked in cells 24/7 and 'struggling to cope' after Covid outbreak - MyLondon
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