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Tory prison expansion plan to cost £4bn more than planned, damning NAO report finds
The NAO has described the plan as “unrealistic and not prioritised”.
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Private prisons are now a multi billion pound industry – and one company is soaking it up
The government announced that two more private prisons will be opening in Britain. And while the model is failing, it's making one company very rich indeed.
This Tory privatisation in the prison service is putting workers, the public and ex-offenders at risk
Staff from new private providers will not be vetted before starting work in probation hostels – the Tories are gambling with public safety.
Conditions in prisons rapidly deteriorating because of staffing cuts, report finds
Not a single young offenders institution in the country is safe for children
Home Office pays out £1.8 million to people detained unlawfully
Diane Abbott says large sum the result of "incoherent and inhumane" immigration detention system
Never-ending austerity is a threat to our social rights
Public services are giving way under the weight of the cuts