both staff and inmates have also risen in the last few years as have suicides see below. Van Horn claimed no real changes happened despite promises management made, they knew what needed to be done but did not know how to achieve improvements. Staff shortages meant prisoners were often locked in their cells for 23 hours a day which added to stress for prisoners with mental health issues. Suicides There have been seventeen suicides at Woodhill Prison since 2013. This is the highest suicide rate of any prison in the UK. Staff shortages and the complexity of the prison are blamed. Woodhill’s Independent Monitoring Board had warned over “significant problems” in the prison, due to “serious staff shortages” and “increased use of new psychoactive drugs”, which made prisoners inclined to violence and self-harm. Coroners’ reports have noted the jail repeatedly failed to meet requirements of national policy on suicide and emergency response. References External links Ministry of Justice page for Woodhill 1992 establishments in England Buildings and structures in Milton Keynes Category A prisons in England Prisons in Buckinghamshire