How privatising probation services has damaged our justice system
“It cannot be right for an individual to leave custody with £46 to last them a number of weeks, nowhere to live and no job.”
“It cannot be right for an individual to leave custody with £46 to last them a number of weeks, nowhere to live and no job.”
Staff from new private providers will not be vetted before starting work in probation hostels – the Tories are gambling with public safety.
Firms are being bailed out with public money amid a rise in serious offenses under privatisation.
The government’s plans to sell-off the probation service will be pushed to a vote on today by Labour MPs.