Christian Guy is Co-author of Locked Up Potential, a prison reform report published by the Centre for Social Justice.
It seems last week’s decision to privatise Birmingham prison will not go unchallenged. The POA has branded the move ‘disgraceful’ and we read that the Justice Secretary has troops on standby should officers decide to break the law to go on strike. Debates about the role of profit making companies in social policy, never mind the justice system, are bound to rage again. The pros and cons are well-rehearsed but, ultimately, the private sector should play its part in advancing the urgent cause of prison reform.
Paying down the deficit is a core aim for the Coalition and rightly so; there is nothing socially just about dumping our debt on tomorrow’s taxpayer. But Britain also needs a social recovery and the Government’s underrated prison agenda is integral to sparking one.
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