🔴 NEW: The company which owns Scotland’s private Addiewell prison has paid more than £3m to shareholders in less than two years despite serious concerns over prisoner and staff safety amid high levels of deaths and violence. Find out more: theferret.scot/addie... - ThreadSky

theferret.scot • 12 days ago

🔴 NEW: The company which owns Scotland’s private Addiewell prison has paid more than £3m to shareholders in less than two years despite serious concerns over prisoner and staff safety amid high levels of deaths and violence.

Find out more: https://theferret.scot/addiewell-3m-shareholders-safety-rising-deaths/

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lesleymac.bsky.social•12 days ago

Labour's PPI prison Scots still.paying for Blair's Labour Party failure

donbb56.bsky.social•12 days ago

come hell or high water, the shareholders must be paid. Heard and seen this so many times, it's sickening

kostekpoland.bsky.social•12 days ago

You say "prison" they say "business".
You say "safety" they say "income".
This business model is not meant or designed as a charity...and never will be...
Prisoners' rights...sorry, say again...

billga2603.bsky.social•12 days ago

Capitalism sucks.
Money from the majority.
Nationalism is no help.

georgesb.bsky.social•12 days ago

How the hell are private prisons even legal in this country? This barbaric practice needs to be outlawed. Prisoners are human beings, not products.

theferret.scot•12 days ago

Critics said “prisons should never be a place for the pursuit of private profit at the expense of vulnerable people” and said “profit-hungry companies” should have contracts for public services ended.

Read the full story here: https://theferret.scot/addiewell-3m-shareholders-safety-rising-deaths/

theferret.scot•12 days ago

In January a murder inquiry was launched after an Addiewell prisoner was allegedly pushed and fell from a jail landing. He later died from his injuries. Last year there were more deaths at Addiewell, in West Lothian, than in any other Scottish prison.

theferret.scot•12 days ago

In total almost £20m has been paid out in dividends to shareholders since the prison opened in 2008. Yet in half of the years it has been open it has failed to meet agreed Scottish Prison Service standards, paying penalties as a result.

imigrnthilndr.bsky.social•12 days ago

Are we surprised? Not anymore. It has become increasingly obvious over the last few years that this is the model that private companies running public services operate under, as part of their guaranteed returns to their investors and to get with the quality of the provided service.

teegee.bsky.social•12 days ago

Prisons & hospitals should NEVER be For Profit anywhere!

teenig.bsky.social•12 days ago

Offshore and commercial catering company, suddenly running prisons. What could possibly go wrong with that.
Stands back as all the lads and lasses fae offshore contend there's nae much difference 🤣🤣

badlittlegirl.bsky.social•12 days ago

Some services like health, education, transport & prisons should never be private for profit.

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