Privatising prisons won't stop reoffending. Charities will | Grace Wyld

The justice secretary is locking out charities that put rehabilitation at the heart of prisons and probation. Her pay-by-results contracts are stifling good workLast Monday, the prison and courts bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons. Under the proposed reforms, prisons will have a statutory duty to rehabilitate offenders. You might be surprised this isn’t already the case; it is a reform long overdue.But the justice secretary Liz Truss will struggle to realise this ambiti