Ken Clarke in charge of justice?
If I or anyone else made a mistake that resulted in an estimated £3 million of damage we'd be sacked, and deservedly so.
Ken Clarke must be sacked...NOW!
He received a report warning that Ford open prison had serious security issues, with large scale smuggling of drink, drugs and mobile phones, and that staffing levels and training were dangerously low and inadequate.
Clarke has to go and go now.
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From http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/13/ford-prison-riot-security-warning
Justice secretary received warning about Ford prison security before riot
Report sent to ministers exposed shortcomings two weeks before inmates went on £3m drunken rampage
Alan Travis, home affairs editor
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 January 2011 21.00 GMT
Justice ministers were warned of serious security shortcomings at Ford open prison just two weeks before balaclava-clad inmates reduced parts of the jail to ashes in a drunken New Year rampage.
A report delivered to the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, on 16 December warned a "minimal number" of junior staff were left to patrol the jail at night, even though they had only limited training.
In the early hours of New Year's Day, 40 of the 500 prisoners at Ford, near Arundel, West Sussex, caused £3m damage after staff tried to breathalyse some of them. The level of violence was unprecedented for a minimum-security jail.
© Guardian News and Media Limited 2011
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