Paramedics called out twice a week to G4S prison HMP Oakwood
More problems reported at £278m privately-run Staffordshire jail
The challenges of a ‘super prison’ – BBC News
The concept of super prisons is nothing new. A £2.9bn proposal for three 2,500-capacity “Titan” jails was considered and then scrapped by Labour in 2009.
You can’t keep a bad idea down – The Economist
IN APRIL 2009 the Labour government dropped plans to build three “Titan” prisons housing 2,500 offenders each. Dominic Grieve, now attorney general but then a member of the [...]
Prison closures, the key questions – Channel 4 News
Chris Grayling has announced plans to close six public jails in the biggest prison closure programme in decades. So where does that leave overcrowding? We answer a few key questions.
Chris Grayling takes one step forward on probation, then one giant step back on jails – The Guardian
According to the latest figures there are 83,632 people locked up in English and Welsh prisons. This is an obscenely large number that should shame the nation. It is almost double the number in [...]
Prison closures: Super prison plan criticised – BBC News
Seven prisons are to close and two more will be partially shut in England.
Seven Prison Closures in England Announced – BBC News
Seven prisons are to close and two more will be partially shut in England.
World at One – BBC Radio 4
Roma Hooper talks to Martha Kearney about the planned closure of prisons and the building of a new ‘super prison’. Listen to the interview.
Payment-by-results ‘could squeeze out’ vital prisoner rehab services – Civil Society
Meeting a prisoner at the gates is not the only way to effectively reduce reoffending, says Vicki Prout, who warns that payment-by-results could lock out vital service providers.
Roma Hooper speaks to Eddie Mair on Radio 4 about Cameron’s speech on Criminal Justice
Listen to Roma speaking to Eddie Mair on Radio 4’s PM show (21mins in) talking about David Cameron’s recent speech on criminal justice and where community sentences need to fit in.
Roma talks to Russell Webster about Payment by Results
Russell Webster is making a series of short video interviews on payment by results. In his latest Roma Hooper, founder of Make Justice Work, gives her views on PbR in the criminal justice sector.
