The jail is the toast of the service after lags have each been given 99p earplugs to help them get a peaceful night’s sleep. The number of attacks have halved and now fewer than one in ten cons say they feel unsafe. Governors worked out that most fights ­happened as soon as cons were let out of their cells in the morning. Now prison bosses will hope the success at category B Buckley Hall near Rochdale, Lancs, can be copied across the country. A report by the Prison Inspectorate ­revealed the success of the earbud solution to violence when grumpy lags are let out of their cells in the morning.

Source: Daily Mirror November 16, 2019 18:00 UTC