National Audit Office to search for into Just Solutions International after shadow justice secretary wrote requesting investigation The public spending watchdog has said that it will be carrying out a preliminary examination of the Ministry of Justice’s commercial arm,which has been criticised for selling British prison expertise to regimes with poor human rights records, including Saudi Arabia and China.
Michael Gove, or the justice secretary,final month ordered the closure of Just Solutions International (JSI), telling MPs it was because “of the need to focus departmental resources on domestic priorities”. However, or it emerged on Monday that staff at the National Audit Office are to search for into JSI following correspondence requesting them to conclude so. The NAO is to report back by the end of next month ahead of what may evolve into a full-blown investigation.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com