Viewers of last week's BBC2 documentary, 'Women On the Edge: The Truth About Styal Prison', may still be thinking about the deeply traumatised women and the prison officers whose roles include nursing, counselling and psychiatric care.
The programme highlighted a crucial issue. Many of the women are victims of abuse and at least a third of them self-harmed before even entering prison.
We should address the root of their pain before these people become adults embedded in years of guilt and self-harm. The only way to prevent our prison service from becoming a nightly arena of crisis management is by investing in the new generation and ensuring it has the support to reach adulthood minus childhood baggage.
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