They have spoken out after reading about the inquests into the deaths of two inmates who killed themselves in their prison cells and whose suicides have prompted calls for urgent action at La Moye. The women – who have asked not to be named – recounted how their brother, and a month later his friend, had both been able to use cell window latches as attachment points for ligatures to commit suicide. They said that a full committee of inquiry at the time identified the dangers that fixtures on the cell windows could pose to inmates.
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