'Gentler touch for prisons'.PRISONS should get carpets and soft furnishings soft furnishings Noun, pl curtains, hangings, rugs, and covers soft furnishings npl → tejidos mpl para el hogar soft furnishings npl to make them less traumatic for novice inmates, a new report says. The Howard League for Penal Reform The Howard League for Penal Reform is a London-based registered charity in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest penal reform organisation in the world, named after John Howard. said the risk of suicide was at its height when people went into jail for a first time. They called for "first night centres" furnished fur·nish tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es 1. To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for. 2. in a less harsh way than normal jail cells. The report called "Care, concern and carpets" said: "Their aim should be to reduce the distress that many people feel at being sent into prison." It said the change should start in women's jails but follow in all. Studies show women are especially vulnerable in their first few nights. Fifty per cent of women who take their own lives in jail do it in the first month of their sentence. |
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