2014 Publication of: Gunn & Taylor forensic psychiatry, Clinical, Legal & Ethical issues (2nd edn.)
In October the Howard League pointed out that the MoJ spending cuts had resulted in a 41% reduction in officers in publicly owned prisons in less than 4 years.
Travis and Morris reported in the Guardian that the Secretary of State for Justice, Chris Grayling was trying to reduce the costs per prisoner in state owned prisons to those in the G4S super-large prison in Wolverhampton – Oakwood prison.
HMP Oakwood is a much criticized prison with very high levels of drug use and of self-harm.