About 20 years ago when I was on the Home Affairs Committee, we visited private prisons in the United States. In those days, boot camps were in vogue; they were going to save a lot of money. They never worked in the United States, however, and that should have been a lesson for the Government here when they privatised the Prison Service. The same thing has happened in our benefits system. Does my hon. Friend agree that this just does not work in social policy and rehabilitation?
Prisons and Probation
Proceeding contribution from
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 May 2019.
It occurred during Opposition day on Prisons and Probation.
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