Prisons await a judgment
Tippa Naphtali | 05.10.2007 10:24 | Analysis | Repression | Birmingham | London
The need for wizardry is not in doubt. With prisons bursting at the seams, officers warn darkly that cost-cutting will not be possible. The prison service has already committed to make 3% efficiency savings over the next three years. The government wants state-of-the-art penal establishments, but they do not necessarily have to be publicly owned; it would like to increase the number of privately run prisons, though Carter has to opine on their value for money.
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