Years of Tory austerity and an obsession with privatisation have led to “appalling” failings at HMP Birmingham
Today’s report into conditions at Birmingham prison reads just like a chapter of Crime and Punishment.
The report was such a horror story of drug abuse, violence and squalor that the government has been forced to take control of the prison from security firm G4S.
POA members from all sectors are now working together to deliver a better future for Birmingham, but the situation there is an extreme example of a problem that has plagued our prisons for years.
Under the Tories, under-funding and a dogmatic belief that only the private sector can deliver public services has brought our prison system to the brink of collapse.
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