Northumberland Prison

(asked on 20th February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the lessons to be drawn from BBC Panorama’s programme on HMP Northumberland.


Answered by
Lord Keen of Elie Portrait
Lord Keen of Elie
Shadow Minister (Justice)
This question was answered on 6th March 2017

These are extremely serious allegations which are being urgently investigated by both Sodexo and the National Offender Management Service. We have robust processes in place to closely monitor and manage private contractors and will not hesitate to take action when standards fall short.

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