Government fines G4S more for migrant escapes than deaths at detention centre, new report finds
Escapes cost the company £30,000, suicides £10,000 and non-fatal self-harm £716
Birmingham’s striking bin workers and supporters bring waste sites to a standstill
THE government fines security giant G4S more money when migrants escape from its Brook House detention centre than when they die in its care, a new report has revealed.
Escapes cost the company £30,000, but deaths are valued at a fraction of that figure. There is only a £10,000 fine for suicides “involving any failure by G4S to follow procedures” and a £716 penalty for non-fatal self-harm.
The figures were published by the National Audit Office (NAO) today as part of its investigation into the G4S-run Brook House detention centre near Gatwick.
More from this author
Investigative journalist PHIL MILLER'S new book exposes the activities of Keenie Meenie Services, a powerful and secretive mercenary company which, from Sri Lanka to Nicaragua, has been involved in war crimes around the world.
US soldiers' 'entirely improper' driving of forklift truck crushed Captain Dean Sprouting
