There has been a small amount of innovation from the private sector, although this has not always been embraced by public prisons

3.14  PFI prisons are specifically designed to meet operational needs in the contract signed with the Prison Service. Hence, in PFI prisons, there is a synergy between design, build and operation. As Group 4 told us, the ability to design and build a prison to meet contractual operational demands was a key attraction of the sector.