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Prison Privatization in England
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1993, page 13
The British government's "privatization program" for prisons and prison service is proceeding fast. After the contracting out of the Wolds prison in Humberside to Group 4 security, Blakehurst, a new prison in Worcestshire, has been tendered out to UK Detention Services. Meanwhile bids have just closed for the contract to …
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