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Prisons adapt to restrictions posed by Covid-19
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"We don't want to get the virus either" Gary, an inmate at Clover Hill prison laughs, "we're working together (with the prison service and the prison officers) on this one alright" It is not unusual for the country's prisons to go into lockdown, but it is unprecedented that they do so because of the dangers posed by a global pandemic.
The Prison Service has introduced a range of measures to prevent an outbreak of Covid-19 in the prisons. Social distancing has been brought in for staff and inmates; the gyms and recreation halls have been closed; deep cleaning systems are in place and all visits have been cancelled.
Such restrictions would under normal circumstances would rise to tensions, which has in the past led to violence and riots in
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