Violence-hit prison back in state control
G4S has been stopped from running a crisis-hit private jail.
Inspectors had found HMP Birmingham was in “an appalling state” with high levels of violence, bullying, squalid living conditions and poor control by fearful staff. Drugs were used openly.
The Ministry of Justice is to put in a new governor and senior managers and will run the jail for an initial period of six months. Prisons Minister Rory Stewart insisted: “We have good, privately-run prisons.
“Birmingham faces its own particular challenges.”