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21 March 2015updated 25 Jul 2021 4:47am

The government blocks a leading prison reform campaigner from visiting two G4S prisons

Howard League's Frances Crook accuses the Prison Service of being "immature and petulant" for cancelling her visits to privately run prisons.

By Anoosh Chakelian

(Photo By Birmingham prison was selected for privatisation in 2011. Photo: Getty)

Frances Crook, chief executive of the independent penal reform charity Howard League, has had two visits to privately-run prisons cancelled.

She published the letter from the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) on Twitter:

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