Prison service view on prison privatisation

Title

Prison service view on prison privatisation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 Sep 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:18

Description

Interview with Derek Lewis, Director-General of the Prison Service on the government’s plans to privatise 10 percent of Britain’s prisons, how the plans are to have private contractors running the prisons under the prison service and how they will choose the prisons. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Derek Lewis

Keywords

Prisons; Prison reform; Privatization; Prisoners; Prison administration

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