Prisons don't need competition to make them more efficient / Guardian, 18 Jan 2007
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,,1993025,00.html
Andrew Coyle
"Courts and the public want well-managed jails, and that has nothing to do with choice. Martin Narey, former director general of the prison service, argues that public-sector prisons have been forced to improve as a result of competition from the commercial sector (Preferential treatment, Society Guardian, January 10). "Competition," he argues, "drives efficiency, and innovation." This is a mantra frequently invoked by government ministers and others, but there is no evidence to support it."