Migrant jail staff camping outside prisons because they have nowhere to stay in UK

A defender looks connected successful Pentonville Prison (Image: Getty)

Prison guards that person precocious arrived successful the UK are sleeping successful their cars oregon successful tents extracurricular their jails arsenic they person obscurity other to stay, governors claim.

Migrant situation guards are said to get astatine enactment expecting to beryllium housed adjacent the facility, nevertheless determination is nary accomodation adjacent their spot of work.

“We person got problems with radical who crook up astatine the gates with cases successful tow and with their families saying to the staff: 'Where is the accommodation?’,” said Mark Fairhurst, the president of the Prison Officers Association.

One recruit, Mr Fairhurst said, was initially driving successful to Nottingham from Huddersfield 70 miles away, but past begun sleeping successful his car extracurricular situation to prevention money.

British prisons are overcrowded (Image: Getty)

At different prison, officers acceptable up a campy successful an country of woodland other the situation wherever they worked, arsenic determination was nary accomodation connected oregon adjacent the site, according to Mr Fairhurst.

There has been an influx of migrant situation officers due to the fact that for the archetypal clip the situation work is sponsoring skilled idiosyncratic visas for overseas unit pursuing a regularisation change.

President of the Prison Governors Association (PGA), Tom Wheatley, said the surge successful request from overseas workers for jobs successful UK prisons is driven by connection of mouth.

“It’s turned into an attack that has been promoted online by the expat Nigerian community,” helium claimed.

Labour has released prisoners aboriginal since taking bureau successful bid to easiness unit connected prisons (Image: Getty)

A Prison Service spokesperson said: “In October 2023, changes were made to the skilled idiosyncratic visa strategy which has allowed the situation work to sponsor visa applications for overseas nationals.”

“All unit – careless of nationality – acquisition robust assessments and grooming earlier they enactment successful prisons. Our strengthened vetting process roots retired those who autumn beneath our precocious standards.”