Details of young offenders at Brinsford handed out

May 26 2009 by Ben Hurst, Birmingham Mail

“It’s a joke and disgusting how they can give away people’s information like that.

“I’m surprised how easily it happened, it’s just pathetic.”

Reece received the information when he visited Luke on May 6, but said he had not realised he had it until two days later.

He said he has since given the papers to a solicitor who has handed them to the police.

A Prison Service spokeswoman said: “We are investigating this issue as a matter of urgency.”

They refused to confirm what information had been released. Head of policy at the Prison Reform Trust Imran Hussain criticised the leak and said the prison needed to tighten its security.

He said: “Clearly something’s gone wrong. This kind of information is confidential and very personal and I think everyone would expect the Prison Service to keep a close eye on it.

“The prison needs to look at its procedures to make sure this kind of breach doesn’t happen again. It seems in this case the prison was lucky it handed this to someone who immediately raised the alarm.”