They can’t even run a prison service
Many of our prisons are at breaking point. This has not happened overnight but is the result of a cocktail of circumstances including the actions and inactions of successive governments…
Prisons
Prisons
Prisons: the facts
The prison population in England and Wales has doubled over the last 30 years. It now stands at over 86,000: Britain has the highest incarceration rate of any Western European country.
More power, more punishment
It’s been a while, but the state has come back for more powers. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill currently making its way through parliament is a cynical attempt to expand the power of the state over its citizens.
Prisons out of control
21 August 2018
Birmingham Prison is back under government control, but the crisis in our prisons appears general and affects ones still in public control.
They're turning prisons into profit centres
The prison population is soaring. Meanwhile, conditions of work suffer - and more prisoners than ever are commiting suicide and self-harming. But never mind, there's profit to be made...
Prisons hit new lows
26 January 2017
Britain’s largely privatised prison service has reached yet further landmarks of decline with the number of suicides – and the prison population – at record levels.