Return... of the Civil Dead

Two reports are soon to emerge by the chief inspector of prisons, Anne Owers, about the methods which prison authorities use to meet Government targets. One such method is allegedly to flip some of the more assertive malefactorial units between different prisons according to which particular establishment is being inspected - since, obviously, anyone wishing to gain a proper idea of how badly an institution is being run will always give advance notice of their visit so that those running the institution have time to ensure an appropriate degree of realism. The Minister for Incarceration Including Child Incarceration apparently disapproves of the transfers, doubtless because they fail to meet the stringent tabloid regulations concerning severity of punishment, or "policy requirements relating to the wellbeing of prisoners" as the euphemism hath it. The chief inspector's reports are expected to "trigger a debate" or, in Standard English, bring forth a flurry of highly constructive recriminations, denials and statements of the Thing-that-is-not.