'Our approach and ethos will bring about continued positive change to the prisoners'

SERCO WINS £500M CONTRACT TO RUN HMP DOVEGATE, NEAR UTTOXETER, CREATING MORE JOBS AT THE PRISON

- By MAIL REPORTER

NEW jobs are in the pipeline after the company running an East Staffordshire jail won a £500 million Government contract.

Serco, the international provider of services to governments, has been running HMP Dovegate, near Uttoxeter, since 2001.

Following a procurement process, the company has won a contract to carry on managing the category B adult prison for 12 years from July 2026 with options for three additional one-year extensions.