Justice Secretary David Gauke has let failing private community rehabilitation companies off the hook - costing the taxpayer hundreds of millions
THE GOVERNMENT’s decision to bail out failing private probation companies again was branded “disgusting” and dismissed as “throwing good money after bad”, by unions, MPs and charities today.
Former justice secretary Chris Grayling’s shambolic Transforming Rehabilitation privatisation agenda set up 21 community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) to manage low-risk offenders, despite widespread opposition to the plans.
The contracts, signed in 2014, were due to run until 2022, but Mr Grayling’s successor David Gauke has announced that the government’s contracts with eight CRCs will end two years early.
IAN LAWRENCE welcomes the government sentencing review but warns past experience shows such words rarely translate into meaningful action
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
