Prison costs are soaring despite Labour party minister Kelvin Davis claiming that “it’s simple maths, [and] as the number of prisoners decreases, the amount of money per prisoner, therefore, increases on average”.

Four months ago, multiple requests were sent to The Daily Examiner, desperately wanting to know what was happening in our prisons. Elliot Ikilei spoke with two former Correction Officers who held decades of experience to ascertain the truth.

Third parties have advised that the two men represent a large if muted, contingent.

See Ikilei’s interview below, conducted four months before any other media reported on what the two COs discussed in detail.