Berwyn: Welsh-speaking inmates ‘told to speak English’
by Martin Blades | 23 October 2025
Welsh-speaking inmates have been told to use English by staff at Wales' biggest prison, according to former inmates. Speaking to researchers at Cardiff and Liverpool universities, ex-prisoners at HMP Berwyn, in Wrexham,"described outright hostility toward the language from staff". One said he was told not to speak Welsh with his solicitor during a supposedly private […]
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