£6M more paid to prisoners in compensation for Parole Board delays
The Inside Time reports (hard copy, story not available online) that parole delays cost £6m as more prisoners seek compensation.
A National Audit Office internal report states that it is costing £6m per year in compensation payouts. In addition, there is the cost to the taxpayers of keeping prisoners in prison after they should have been released.
Court decisions have awarded prisoners £1,000 per month for unlawful imprisonment. The Parole Board is to waste even more of taxpayers money as it seeks to overturn the court decisions at the UK Supreme Court.
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