Probation Companies Handed Cash Windfall Despite Explosion In Reoffending

Private firms who have presided over an explosion in violent reoffending have been handed millions of pounds of extra cash by the Government, HuffPost UK can reveal. 
An additional £37m was handed to Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) last year in a move branded a “bung” by probation union Napo and “rewarding failure” by Labour. 
The 21 CRCs have been mired in criticism since they took over from publicly-run probation trusts in 2015. 
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