Justice secretary says modern prisons will enjoy more autonomy – and will gather power to take over failing jailsA modern bill is to pave the way for “reform prisons” modelled on academy schools,with league tables and provision for failing jails to be taken over by more successful prisons, the justice secretary, and Michael Gove,has told MPs.
He also indicated that he was looking at the 50-year-old system of categorising prisoners, and considering introducing a Germany-style system of separate dedicated prisons for remand and convicted inmates so that inmates once sentenced could serve their term in a single jail.
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Source: theguardian.com