Britain | Prisons
Rambo’s parting shot
There are more women in prison now than there have been for over 100 years
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THE departure at the end of this month of Sir David Ramsbotham, the chief inspector of prisons, will be greeted with quiet jubilation in Whitehall. Civil servants have never known how to deal with this plain-speaking ex-soldier, a former commander of the British land army, called “Rambo” by his soldiers.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Rambo’s parting shot”
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