Private jails more violent than public ones, data analysis shows

Exclusive: figures for England and Wales raise questions over government’s prisons model

Private prisons are more violent than public jails, according to data analysis that raises questions over the government’s plans to pursue its prisons-for-profit model.

In the year to September 2018, there were 156 more assaults per 1,000 prisoners in private adult prisons in England and Wales than in their publicly run counterparts.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Hi5cfH