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To: Prince William - Duke of Cornwall
Prince William: Stop charging taxpayers for an empty prison
End rent payments and work with the Government to make HMP Dartmoor safe and usable again
Why is this important?
Dartmoor Prison has been empty for over 18 months after toxic gas made it unsafe. Yet, with no prisoners inside, taxpayers are still forking out around £4 million every year in rent to Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall.
It gets worse. The cost for repairing the prison could be as much as £68 million, and we'll be expected to foot the bill. This is an unacceptable waste of public money while our prison system is overcrowded and underfunded.
That’s why we are calling on our future monarch, Prince William, to do the right thing: stop charging the taxpayer rent for this empty building and help fix the mess at Dartmoor. Doing so could save millions of pounds in public money, which could instead be invested in improving our prison system, supporting rehabilitation, and easing overcrowding.
It gets worse. The cost for repairing the prison could be as much as £68 million, and we'll be expected to foot the bill. This is an unacceptable waste of public money while our prison system is overcrowded and underfunded.
That’s why we are calling on our future monarch, Prince William, to do the right thing: stop charging the taxpayer rent for this empty building and help fix the mess at Dartmoor. Doing so could save millions of pounds in public money, which could instead be invested in improving our prison system, supporting rehabilitation, and easing overcrowding.
