Under the government’s plans, the management of lower-risk offenders will be opened up to the market in an attempt to improve the quality of provision and drive down reoffending rates.
But responding to a consultation on the proposals, the charity Action for Prisoners’ Families has warned that the plans could prevent small voluntary and community organisations from providing specialist support services to prisoners’ families.
“It is likely to be big private providers who bid for these contracts,” warned Sarah Salmon, deputy director of Action for Prisoners’ Families.
“The smaller organisations that we represent are not going to be able to compete. They have got lots of experience but they are likely to get lost if the contracts are so huge.”
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