News and Politics | January 19, 2008 | 2 comments

Privately-run jails 'worse' than public sector prisons

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7197489.stm

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A document leaked to the BBC today reveals that the eleven prisons in the UK which are run by private companies perform significantly worse than those in the public sector, scoring particularly badly at security and 'maintaining order and control'. Governors want the government to re-think the private management of prisons.
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2 comments // Privately-run jails 'worse' than public sector prisons

  • Toughth
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      Toughth  

    • Private sector jails are run to make a profit. in the state of Indiana we have already had one prison riot because of the govenor wanting to take the states responsibility private and you are going to see things go back to midevil means of puneshment.

    • 4 years ago
  • mischabarrett
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      mischabarrett  
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    • Prisons are an outmoded anachronism and seemingly do nothing to curb reoffending. This article explains what prison is really like in the UK today.

    • 4 years ago
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