THE prison service has been accused of extraordinary complacency over failures to address shocking levels of self-harm and suicide at Exeter Prison. 

The reception prison in Devon has the worst rates of self-harm in England and Wales compared with other jails of its type, with 10 suicides recorded in the past four years. 

Inspectors issued an urgent notification within days of visiting the site in November over fears that more men could die if action wasn’t taken.