Privately Financed Prisons Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Privately Financed Prisons

Michael Tomlinson Excerpts
Wednesday 27th June 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Tomlinson Portrait Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (Con)
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I warmly welcome the Minister’s statement. Like the Chairman of the Select Committee, I welcome his approach and that of the Secretary of State to our prisons and to offenders more generally, in particular the female offender strategy and the renewed focus on rehabilitation. Will he consider in due course rolling out the female offender strategy more widely to other prisoners, in particular young offenders?

Rory Stewart Portrait Rory Stewart
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This is a matter for my colleague who has responsibility for the youth estate and the female estate, but there are certainly elements in the female offender strategy that have absolute application not just to the youth estate, but to the adult estate. The basic principles, particularly of a trauma-informed approach to the individual still in custody, should have an effect on everything we do in prisons across the board.