Unexpected insurance fallout of the prison crisis
Andrew Steel, partner and police defence lawyer at national law firm Weightmans, and member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers’ Public Sector & Blue Light Sector Focus Team, explores the insurance implications of Operation Early Dawn amid the UK’s prison overcrowding crisis.
In response to an emergency crisis within the UK prison system, the government reactivated Operation Early Dawn on 19 August 2024.
This strategy was implemented to alleviate the severe overcrowding
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