PRT comment: HMIP Urgent Notification on HMP Exeter
Commenting on the urgent notification issued today (31 May 2018) by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) over safety concerns at HMP Exeter, Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said:
“Exeter prison is a grossly overcrowded prison where most prisoners are either not convicted at all or are serving short sentences. So David Gauke’s response to this urgent notification from the Chief Inspector should start by saying how he will give effect to the new policy direction he set out last weekend. He rightly wants to replace short prison sentences with community penalties that his own research show to be more effective at cutting crime. Turning that wish into reality is the most important thing he can do to stop the rot in Exeter and many other prisons like it.”
Commenting on the urgent notification issued today
(31 May 2018) by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) over safety concerns
at HMP Exeter, Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said:
“Exeter
prison is a grossly overcrowded prison where most prisoners are either
not convicted at all or are serving short sentences. So David Gauke’s
response to this urgent notification from the Chief Inspector should
start by saying how he will give effect to the new policy direction he
set out last weekend. He rightly wants to replace short prison sentences
with community penalties that his own research show to be more
effective at cutting crime. Turning that wish into reality is the most
important thing he can do to stop the rot in Exeter and many other
prisons like it.”
