The moving of problem prisoners ahead of security audits has happened at a third London jail
Dangerous prisoners were removed from one of Britain's biggest jails just before an internal security audit, raising fears that the practice of "ghosting" inmates around the prison system may be more widespread than was acknowledged.
A Prison Service investigation is examining how difficult prisoners were transferred between London's Wandsworth and Pentonville jails so that they could be kept out of the sight of inspectors, a practice revealed in the Observer on 18 October. Now the probation union, Napo, says a separate inquiry has found that about half a dozen prisoners were moved from Brixton prison in south London earlier this year, just before it was subjected to an internal security audit by the Prison Service. The men were either category A – the most dangerous type of prisoner – or category E – judged to be the most likely to attempt to escape.
Security audits give prisons a mark out of 100 which affects how they are rated overall by the Prison Service. Reducing the number of category A or E prisoners would potentially boost the chances of the prison receiving a higher security audit score.
It seems crazy to me to have a system of grades which is simply abused to produce a false reading. This is like a student cheating in an exam.
You know from personal experience that this goes on. Just those at the top of block attempting to wipe their arses before an inspection. Fuckin' sad, innit?
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