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As prisoners ran riot at HMP Birmingham on Friday, damning statistics obtained by Daily Star Online have shown most lags died at HMP Norwich in 2015.

In its last damning report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, the Victorian slammer was described as "overcrowded", "unsafe in places" and had "inadequate staffing levels".

Shockingly, the inspector found injured prisoners and heard reports of “fight clubs” akin to that in the famous Brad Pitt film.

In the 1999 blockbuster, an office worker and a soap maker team up to form an underground brawl cult.

The report reads: “We heard claims about ‘fight clubs’ organised fights for money and betting — and around the same time there were some injuries to prisoners.

“Although unable to verify such fighting, we were concerned that the prison had not investigated the issues thoroughly enough.

"Staffing on A wing was total inadequate to support prisoners in several key areas.

"Victimisation, including bullying, was pervasive, particularly on A wing where a lack of staff supervision increased opportunities for antisocial behaviour."

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HMP Norwich is one of few UK prisons in which evil elderly prisoners are caged, mainly for life sentences for murder.

The latest figures, which do not include Scotland, show prisoner death rates in England and Wales have soared since 2012.

In 2015, some 257 callous inmates died in England and Wales, which was three per 1,000 prisoners. The majority of these were as a result of suicide or self-inflicted injuries and, staggeringly, 249 were men.

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Interestingly, seven lags died inside HMP Whatton, Europe's largest sex offenders' jail, during the same timeframe.

The Category C men's slammer in Nottingham, which opened in 1966, holds about 840 twisted crooks. Six prisoners died in HMP Ranby near Workshop, Notts., and six lags perished in HMP Full Sutton in East Yorks in this period.

Category A and B clink HMP Full Sutton holds some of the most dangerous crims in the country. All of the approximate 600 men inside face more than four years in jail.

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In 2015, more than 35% of prisoners in England and Wales that perished inside were 60 or older. The majority (14.3%) had also been banged up for up to three months.

And 86.5% of the dead crime were white.

The figures include all jails in which crims go after they have been sentenced, but not local jails where they're held on remand.

A prison service spokesman said: "The Justice Secretary has set out a clear plan for transforming prisons, with the introduction of 2,500 extra officers to help make them places of safety and reform.

"By addressing the long-standing problems within our prisons, we will make them safer and give officers the support they need to help offenders turn their lives around."