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Unlike public sector prisons, privately managed prisons are not placed in special measures but are instead subject to contractual mechanisms when there are performance concerns.<\/p>

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In the case of HMP Birmingham, we issued two Improvement Notices in March 2018, and Outstanding Issues Notices for each in June and August 2018 respectively. Despite this time, performance at HMP Birmingham remained unacceptable prompting us to exercise our right under the contract to \u2018step-in\u2019 in August 2018. HMP Birmingham was also scored as a Level 1 prison, as published in our annual performance ratings for year 2017/18.<\/p>

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We are clear that prisons should be places of safety and reform and are working closely with G4S to improve conditions for prisoners at HMP Birmingham. Details of our action plan to improve Birmingham can be found on the link below:<\/p>

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