Crackdown On Prisoner Compensation Claims

The Ministry of Justice has launched a crackdown on compensation claims lodged by prisoners across England and Wales. Almost 14,000 individual payments were handed out to inmates in the past year, nearly double the number made the year before. Justice Minister Dominic Raab said: "Of course the Prison Service must be accountable, but taxpayers will be staggered to learn that the costs of litigation against it reached £29m last year.