I have three prisons in my constituency, and it is really tragic to see what has happened to the probation service in recent years. It is now fragmented and under-resourced, and, critically, it is not reducing reoffending. Given the indictment of the service by the National Audit Office report, is it not now time to call a halt to this privatisation experiment, return the service to the public sector and resource it properly so that it can really bring about the genuine rehabilitation of prisoners and others?
Privatised Probation System
Proceeding contribution from
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 4 March 2019.
It occurred during Urgent question on Privatised Probation System.
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