Mega Prison set to be reopened – 2022
Annelise2021-02-27T11:27:21+00:00G4s has been awarded with a £300m contract for the new Wellingborough mega- prison. Originally closed in 2012, the new Prison is set to be reopened as early as [...]
Private Prisons – G4S to Sell Youth Prison Contracts After Scandal and Poor Performance
Prisonphone2016-02-29T13:36:10+00:00Private Prisons – G4S to Sell Youth Prison Contracts After Scandal and Poor Performance After criticism in Ofsted reports and damning exposure on Panorama, G4S have finally announced their plans [...]
Privatising UK Prisons: Benefit… or Curse to the Country?
Prisonphone2015-05-11T07:08:52+01:00Private Prisons Series: No. 4 Privatising UK Prisons: Benefit… or Curse to the Country? In response to economic strain and national debt, the Conservative government began privatising prisons in the [...]
Focus on G4S
Prisonphone2015-05-04T09:26:05+01:00Private Prisons Series: No. 3 – Focus on G4S In the previous articles, we examined two of the companies currently managing private prisons within the UK; Serco and Sodexo. Now, we [...]
Examining Sodexo
Prisonphone2015-04-27T10:26:52+01:00Private Prisons Series: No. 2 – Examining Sodexo The first post in this series focused on Serco, one of the most prominent companies currently managing private prisons in the UK. [...]
Spotlight on Serco
Prisonphone2015-04-20T15:52:49+01:00Private Prisons Series: No. 1 – Spotlight on Serco Privatisation in the justice system is not a new phenomenon. Introduced in the 1990s under the Conservative government, the first [...]
