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An ex-prisoner has been recalled to jail for missing an appointment with her probation officer in 2005. The now mother with school-age children returned to HMP Downview in Surrey to serve another 12 weeks as a consequence of missing the decades-old meeting. Prison inspectors have criticised the jail for their use of resources as the woman had not committed any further crimes, had school-age children and secure employment. In an annual report, the Independent Monitoring Board questioned whether this was a “sensible” use of a prison place whenjails are struggling for space across the country. Th…

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