Delinquency was rife and inmates lived in fear at 'fundamentally unsafe' jail, chief inspector reveals. : Delinquency was rife and inmates lived in fear at 'fundamentally unsafe' jail, chief inspector reveals Plans to build two large prisons have been called into question after a watchdog issued a damning report on how one of Britain’s biggest jails descended in just 18 months into “appalling, chaotic” conditions likened to “a war zone”.