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Ministry of Justice still has questions to answer over Rainsbrook

The Justice Committee calls on the Ministry of Justice to explain why prison operator MTC was granted a two-year extension in 2020 to its contract to run Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre despite long-term concerns about its performance.

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On 16 June, it was announced that all children would be removed from Rainsbrook amid serious concerns for the safety of those housed there. The facility had previously received a catalogue of negative inspection reports by Ofsted, the Inspectorate of Prisons and the Care Quality Commission, and also issued with two Urgent Notifications in less than a year. The Justice Committee’s own report, published in March this year, called for the running of the facility to be brought back in-house, should MTC fail to deliver the improvements necessary.

In a follow-up report published today, the Committee has set out a series of questions about the decision making process that led to the contract to run the facility to be extended despite repeated criticisms from independent inspectors, two improvement notices being issued and financial penalties levied.

Questions also remain over the financial cost of extending the contract and what termination costs may now apply, as well as what the future use of the Rainsbrook facility will be. The Ministry has been requested to disclose this information.

The Committee expects to receive a reply in two weeks.

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