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  • Prison porridge costs taxpayers £165m a year 

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    Porridge, baked beans and other prison food cost taxpayers a combined £165m a year, City PM can reveal, as questions around spending efficiencies loom over the Ministry of Justice.  The government has signed a blockbuster £826.7m deal with a leading catering distributor to supply food for prisoners and staff.  BFS Group, a subsidiary of South [...]

    A tray of typical prison food with portions of mashed potatoes, green beans, and a meat patty, reflecting inmate meal stan...
  • Life after prison: Battling homelessness and unemployment

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    “People do come out of prison, that’s the whole point. So what’s next?” Lucy Kenningham speaks to ex-offender Jason Barnfather

  • Freeing Britain’s ‘ghost prisoners’ is the first step towards prison reform

    Lucy Kenningham

    "Torturous" indeterminate sentences have led prisoners to lead decades of their lives in jail, writes Lucy Kenningham

  • The Debate: Should Labour scrap the early release scheme?

    July 11, 2024

    As Britain's prisons near full capacity, Sunak's government started an emergency measure: releasing prisoners early. What should Labour do now?

  • Filth, violence and vermin – what life is really like at Wandsworth Prison

    May 23, 2024

    Wandsworth Prison is a national disgrace, with 80 per cent of prisoners sharing a cell and most men staying in their rooms for 22 hours a day.

  • Our prison system is an economic and moral failure

    April 18, 2024

    Few politicians want to talk about prisons. They should be braver

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