Sunday, May 25, 2008

PC Pressures Shift Power to Prisoners

Culture matters.

The report, written by the Prison Service’s Directorate of High Security, was obtained by the Howard League under the Freedom of Information Act.

It found staff at Whitemoor Prison near March, Cambridgeshire, “appeared reluctant to challenge inappropriate behaviour, in particular among black and minority ethnic prisoners, for fear of doing the wrong thing”.

“This was leading to a general feeling of lack of control and shifting the power dynamic towards prisoners,” the report said.

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