Britain, the 'United Nations of Crime', pays to spruce up foreign jails

Britain, the 'United Nations of Crime', pays to spruce up foreign jails

British taxpayers are paying to refurbish prisons in other countries in a desperate attempt by the Government to repatriate foreign criminals.

The funding, part of a £3 million-a-year scheme, even provides human rights training for prison officers abroad. 

The disclosure comes as figures showed Britain to be a “United Nations of crime”, with its prisons housing offenders from 80 per cent of the world’s countries.