Wakefield has two prisons—the women’s prison, New Hall, and Wakefield, a high-security establishment—so this is of great concern to my constituents. Does my hon. Friend agree that the previous Justice Secretary’s decision to abolish local probation trusts and to introduce the profit model into this was one of the worst examples of the reckless, untested and ideology-driven decisions that this Government have made?
Prisons and Probation
Proceeding contribution from
Mary Creagh
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 May 2019.
It occurred during Opposition day on Prisons and Probation.
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