Prisons: Private Sector
(asked on 27th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to increase the number of private prisons.
This question was answered on 7th March 2018
We will modernise the prison estate, closing older prisons that are not fit for purpose and creating in their place high-quality, modern establishments.
This will help deliver prisons that are more safe and secure, so our staff can work more closely with offenders to change their lives and turn their back on crime for good.
Decisions have yet to be made about the future operation of any new prisons or existing privately managed prisons where contracts are due to expire in the next five years.