Private prisons worse than state owned
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Britain's private prisons are performing worse than those run by the state, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act
Private prisons in England and Wales now account for 11 per cent of the prison population, holding around 9,100 prisoners. England and Wales have the most privatised prison system in Europe. Australia has 17 per cent of its prisoners held in private prisons and the US has 7.2 per cent. A Prison Service spokesperson said: "To claim that there is a difference in performance between public and private prisons based on these statistics is entirely misleading. It is also disingenuous to try to compare the average rating of the 122 publicly run prisons with the 11 privately run prisons.
A report published today claims that the Government could save £1bn a year if petty criminals with drug problems were given comunity based sentences. Make Justice Work, the criminal Justice charity, says that diverting one offender from custody to residential drug treatment would save the tax-payer approximately £200,000 over the lifetime of the offender.
It is morally right for a government to pay private companies to keep their criminals so that the companies can make a profit?
These prison workers are our very own chinese workers, albeit somewhat better treated, but still working 30 hour weeks for a few pound, maximising even more profit for the companies who lease out their work for peanuts to other companies such as virgin who pay a small price to have inmates pack their headphones among others.
You might want to check out serco, who run a lot of private prisons, and essentially run a large part of the world with their stakes in every angle of public service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/private-prisons-performing-worse-...
Private prisons in England and Wales now account for 11 per cent of the prison population, holding around 9,100 prisoners. England and Wales have the most privatised prison system in Europe. Australia has 17 per cent of its prisoners held in private prisons and the US has 7.2 per cent. A Prison Service spokesperson said: "To claim that there is a difference in performance between public and private prisons based on these statistics is entirely misleading. It is also disingenuous to try to compare the average rating of the 122 publicly run prisons with the 11 privately run prisons.
A report published today claims that the Government could save £1bn a year if petty criminals with drug problems were given comunity based sentences. Make Justice Work, the criminal Justice charity, says that diverting one offender from custody to residential drug treatment would save the tax-payer approximately £200,000 over the lifetime of the offender.
It is morally right for a government to pay private companies to keep their criminals so that the companies can make a profit?
These prison workers are our very own chinese workers, albeit somewhat better treated, but still working 30 hour weeks for a few pound, maximising even more profit for the companies who lease out their work for peanuts to other companies such as virgin who pay a small price to have inmates pack their headphones among others.
You might want to check out serco, who run a lot of private prisons, and essentially run a large part of the world with their stakes in every angle of public service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/private-prisons-performing-worse-...
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