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BRITAIN’S prisons are struggling to find enough workers, the austerity-hit sector’s chief operating officer admitted today during a grilling by MPs.
In a justice committee hearing, Michelle Jarman-Howe acknowledged a staff leaving rate of 15 per cent but claimed she is “very confident” that the situation is improving.
The group — made up of MPs from various parties and legal experts — is conducting an inquiry into the sector’s workforce amid reports that shortages are leading to prisoners being locked in their cells for up to 23 hours a day.
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
