CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "All is not well inside the last Hermit kingdom in public service. I’m referring to His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), a closed and secretive fiefdom that has acquired a reputation for security scandals and managerial incompetence that even high walls, literal and figurative, can’t contain. Behind the austere perimeters of the prison side of business, another disgrace looms – corruption."