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Prisons deny wrongdoing over death

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A report into the death of a prisoner who hanged himself suggests governors delayed sending him back to a jail in which he felt safe because there was an inspection going on. Home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw explains the circumstances, and a lawyer at his inquest Ben Conroy explains how this could have happened.


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