The review team has spoken to more than 100 prisoners, to senior prison management, including the Director of Prisons, Peter Russell, as well as unions and staff.
Lovisa Stannow, who heads an advocacy group called Just Detention International, says that ending it requires three things: better prison management, sound policy and political will.
By creating an entity called a taxable REIT subsidiary (TRS), the companies can separate the operational side of their private prison management from the real estate side of owning and generating income from correctional facilities.
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Prison library management at regional level exists only in very few places, leaving the majority of prison staff running institutional libraries with no option but to act on their own.
"The Prisoner Ombudsman has also confirmed that she is fully aware of positive action taken in recent weeks by the new Governor of Maghaberry Prison Steve Rodford, along with his management team, in respect of a range of challenges at Maghaberry, including the care of vulnerable prisoners, " the statement said.
Ms McCabe has criticised the management of prescription drugs within the prison service.
The National Offender Management Service (Noms) said the prison was working to improve.
The National Offender Management Service, on behalf of the prison, said the jail had been through a significant period of restructuring and change.
"This tragic case underlines the importance of the effective management of the use of prescription drugs within a prison setting, " he said.
The details were revealed in the 2008 Offender Management Caseload Statistics, which reveals details about the scale of the prison and probation workload.
The IMB also said the National Offender Management Service had shown "an apparent lack of will" to ensure prison managers could tackle the issue.
The report said the prison had suffered through the appointment of four different governors in six years, all with their own styles and management issues to deal with.
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