David Cameron is to announce a raft of prison reforms, including a school-style league table of penal institutions, to end the "scandalous failure" of the system.
The shake-up, which will affect prisons in England and Wales, is designed to control high rates of reoffending and violence within prisons. In a typical week, the prison system sees around 350 assaults on inmates and staff members, the BBC reports.
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