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Charity Nacro in bid to run two new prisons

By John Hirst

Charity Nacro in bid to run two new prisons

A penal reform charity is bidding to run two new prisons.

For those who believe that penal reform groups are part of the problem and not the solution, the news that NACRO is seeking to charitably punish prisoners will only serve to confirm this view. When a charity seeks to profit from prisoners which is what NACRO will be doing here, pity help the prisoners. NACRO has lost its moral compass engaging in this venture. I always thought it was too closely aligned with the government, now it is too closely aligned with the prison business. Surely, NACRO should lose its charity status if it is no longer helping prisoners and former prisoners and instead is helping itself to profit from prisoners misery?

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on September 02, 2008 (boomark / email).