Nobody should really be surprised, except our government, by the news that prison managers have been moving vulnerable inmates between prisons in order to meet government targets when the inspectors visit. I've heard similar stories of schools encouraging disruptive pupils to stay at home when OFSTED are visiting. The sad part of the prisoner issue is that it has caused the prisoners distress and driven some of them to self harm.
Prison managers say they are 'over inspected' and the need to meet performance targets is unbearable.
Targets are counter-productive. They do not bring about improvement, they bring about stress and cheating and actually damage the system they are meant to improve. Nobody wins, but it's a lesson our government refuses to learn.
Links:
Wider probe over inmate transfers - BBC
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