Sky News goes inside a remand jail in Kent, speaking to staff and inmates, as another round of prisoners are released early in an effort by the government to free up space across an overcrowded prison estate.
As we walked to one of the wings at HMP Elmley - there was screaming. Persistent screaming from a prisoner. He lifted up his top, revealing numerous scars across his body, and shouted: 'This is what Elmley does to you! Self harm! This is what Elmley is doing!' The rate of self harm in the male prison estate across England and Wales rose by 25% in the last year, so this isn't uncommon. But quite quickly, it offered an evocative snapshot of life inside.
'Some days you come in and you've got all of that in one day. Some days you've got none of it,' she said. Any time outside the cells feels frenetic. We watched prisoners head from the wing to the servery as they got their lunch. I was asking staff about the food options but had to repeat my question a few times before I actually heard what they said. The clashing, the banging, the shouting. The noise is like nothing I'd experienced before.
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