Prison’s violence reduced by sex offenders

 One of the UK’S most violent prisons has begun a “deliberate policy” of accepting sex offenders to reduce high levels of disturbance, according to a watchdog report.

HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) detailed how there had been a change in the profile of the HMP Doncaster’s population.

The number of men on remand for, or convicted of, sex offences had trebled to just over 300 at the time of the inspection in July.

Peter Clarke, the chief inspector of prisons, said: “I was told that this was a deliberate policy in order to help to stabilise the prison in light of the serious problems with violence that had been identified at the last inspection.”