Plans to allow prisoners to work 40-hour week are 'impractical'

Plans to allow prisoners to work 40-hour week are 'impractical'

Prison officers warn of insufficient staff numbers to oversee justice secretary's proposals for improving inmate rehabilitation



Comment: At least the Association of Prisoners and the Prison Officer's Association are in agreement that the plan will not work if prison labour steals jobs from workers outside, if prison labour is not paid the NMW.