Ministry of Justice Spends Tens of Thousands on New ‘Community Art Projects’ for Prisoners – Guido Fawkes

Ministry of Justice Spends Tens of Thousands on New ‘Community Art Projects’ for Prisoners

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The ONS has released crime statistics for the year to December 2024. It’s up on the last release from three months ago…

Headline crime is 14% higher than last year’s survey. Shoplifting offences rose by 20% and stand at the highest rate since police recording practices began back in 2003. Meanwhile 16,231 convicts were released early from prison from 10 September to 31 December under the early release scheme. The Ministry of Justice is trying its hardest to make life comfortable for those that remain…

The MoJ has put out a new £39,495 contract for someone to run a “Community Art Project” over at HMP Elmley in Kent. This comes on top of the hundreds of thousands spent on diversity training courses in the prison system. For that cash you could:

• Train three band 3 prison officers.
• Hire a permanent prison officer.
• Fill 549 potholes.

The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…