http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_050125prison.shtml
"The bishop to the Prison Service today backed penal reformers' calls for a thorough evaluation of prison privatisation.
The Rt Rev Peter Selby, bishop of Worcester, said the government's policy of encouraging private companies to run jails could raise serious 'conflicts of interest'.
Dr Selby questioned whether government plans to reduce the number of people in prison might be undermined by the involvement of firms for which a rising jail population would be in their commercial interests. "
