Frances Crook, director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, criticised private prisons in a blog post after former team leader at Rainsbrook STC near Daventry, Neil Hanna, was given a 40-week suspended prison sentence last month after dragging a teenage boy across the floor.
"This story did not reach the national headlines, partly because of the general election and partly because nobody much cares if children in custody are mistreated; that is the scandal," she said. "Rainsbrook is a jail for young children that is run for profit by a private security company. These children's jails for profit are a stain on our justice system and should be closed down."
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