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THE poor treatment of prisoners in a Sussex prison was caused by “systemic failures,” a new report has revealed today.
Concerns have been raised in the new report by HM prison inspector Peter Clarke about the conditions faced by male prisoners in HMP Lewes.
The report found that a recent inspection of the prison in January 2019 showed signs of worsening conditions in terms of the respect that prisoners are given.
MARK FAIRHURST highlights the main issues facing officers in a long neglected service, and raised by front-line delegates at POA conference last week, including understaffing, violence, bullying and the ongoing denial of workers’ right to strike
Despite Labour’s promises to bring things ‘in-house,’ the Justice Secretary has awarded notorious outsourcing outfit Mitie a £329 million contract to run a new prison — despite its track record of abuse and neglect in its migrant facilities, reports SOLOMON HUGHES