PCS: Profit has no place in our prison system
Responding to today*s (31 Mar) announcement that Birmingham prison will be privatised, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
*We fundamentally oppose the privatisation of our public services.
Profit should have absolutely no place in our prison system.
*It is untrue that this is about efficiency. Privatisation is not a cheaper option, all it does is take money from taxpayers and put it in the pockets of the executives and shareholders of private companies such as G4S and Serco.
*The announcement that Serco will be paid by results in Doncaster is an invitation to the private sector to gamble on the rehabilitation of inmates and cherry pick the easiest cases.
*We fully support our colleagues in the Prison Officers* Association and their fundamental human right to take strike action.*
ENDS
Notes
– For information and interview requests contact PCS national press officer Richard Simcox on 020 7801 2747 or 07833 978216
– The Public and Commercial Services union represents 5,500 staff in all grades in prisons and the National Offender Management Service civil and public servants in central government. It has more than 300,000 members in over 200 departments and agencies, and in parts of government transferred to the private sector. PCS is the UK*s sixth largest union and is affiliated to the TUC. The general secretary is Mark Serwotka and the president is Janice Godrich – on Twitter @janicegodrich
– Follow PCS on Twitter @pcs_union
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