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PROBATION officers were apoplectic yesterday after Chris Grayling railroaded through plans to privatise the service despite widespread concerns over the effect of the sell-off.
The Justice Secretary signed £450 million-worth of contracts with private and voluntary sector bidders as part of his controversial “transforming rehabilitation” package.
The changes allow private firms and charities to take over the supervision of 225,000 low and medium-risk offenders each year on a payment-by-results basis.
Long-term underfunding and state neglect, while simultaneously probation services have been undermined, have intensified the prison crises, argues SOLOMON HUGHES
With the agitated debate now raging in the media about the early release schemes, Prison Officers Association general secretary STEVE GILLAN gives the view of those who work in the sector
