Month: August 2016

Private companies and child prisons

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Ministers have ducked a question about the risks to children of private companies running child prisons. A question was asked in Parliament by Lord Ramsbotham, following the serious abuse of children in G4S-run Medway secure training centre, which only came to the public’s attention through undercover filming by BBC Panorama. Lord Ramsbotham asked: “To ask … Read more

Care leavers need more support, say MPs

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The Communities and Local Government Committee of MPs issued its report on homelessness today. It urges improvements in how the Government collects data on homelessness, noting that official statistics estimated there were 940 people sleeping rough in London, compared with CHAIN’s (a multi-agency database) calculation of 8,096 in 2015/16. MPs highlight that one in four … Read more