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Ministers sign agreement for prisoners to supply armed forces with kit

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and Defence Minister Philip Dunne signed a service level agreement last week.

The service level agreement (SLA) will see prisoners making sandbags, fence posts and other support products for Britain’s armed forces.

It is set to extend a 6-month trial that has already produced savings of nearly £500,000 and will see offenders learn valuable employment skills as the work is brought back to British shores.

Taxpayers are set to benefit from further savings after a 10-year SLA.

A number of the products were previously made overseas, while a number of items, such as hydraulic jacks, will now be able to be repaired rather than simply replaced.

As well as making significant savings, bringing back work to Britain and helping prisoners’ rehabilitation, the agreement will also be of great benefit to local businesses that supply materials to prisons such as HMPColdingley.

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