Opposition Day — Prisons and Probation — Bring G4S Establishments Under Government Control — Review Rehabilitation Policy — Publish Agreement with Saudi Arabia — 27 Jan 2016 at 18:51

The majority of MPs voted against bringing all G4S run prisons, secure training centres and detention centres under Government control; against reviewing the Government's approach to rehabilitation and against the publication of the Memorandum of Understanding on Judicial Cooperation with Saudi Arabia.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

• That this House
• believes UK prisons are in crisis;
• notes the increasingly high rates of violence, self-harm and drug use in prisons, and the resulting pressure on the NHS;
• further notes that the last report by the outgoing Chief Inspector of Prisons warned that outcomes across the prison estate were the worst for ten years;
• believes that no prison staff should have to go to work facing a threat to their safety;
• notes with concern the decision of the Scottish Government, announced in its recent draft Scottish Budget for 2016-17, to reduce funding for the Scottish Prison Service by almost £40 million in cash terms;
• is appalled by the disturbing allegations of violence at Medway Secure Training Centre;
• regrets the Government’s inadequate response to the Harris Review and to mental health in prisons;
• is concerned that re-offending rates are so high;
• believes the Government lets down victims of crime by failing to enshrine their rights in law;
• regrets the Government’s reckless privatisation of the probation service and the job losses in community rehabilitation companies; and
• calls on the Government to put all G4S-run prisons, STCs and detention centres into special measures, to immediately review the implementation of Transforming Rehabilitation and to publish the Memorandum of Understanding on Judicial Cooperation with Saudi Arabia.

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