Petition · past parliament
HMP Northumberland - Request that Sodexo's contract be terminated
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
Privatised in 2013 and now run by the French company Sodexo; housing up to 1348 male inmates, there has been major lapses in security, staff struggling to cope and inmates high on drugs!
Request that the Government revoke Sodexo's contract and take back control of HMP Northumberland.
Request that the Government revoke Sodexo's contract and take back control of HMP Northumberland.
BBC's Panorama programme recently exposed the chaos that is HMP Northumberland!
Below are various local links to support these claims:-
http://www.acklingtonparish.org.uk/prisonnews.htm
Northumberland Gazette - https://goo.gl/zfP0Br & https://goo.gl/4j07Dh
The Sun - https://goo.gl/7XBjN7
The Chronicle - https://goo.gl/ZV3aVQ
Below are various local links to support these claims:-
http://www.acklingtonparish.org.uk/prisonnews.htm
Northumberland Gazette - https://goo.gl/zfP0Br & https://goo.gl/4j07Dh
The Sun - https://goo.gl/7XBjN7
The Chronicle - https://goo.gl/ZV3aVQ
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 15 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.