Prisoner transport?

[festusdirk@xxxxxxxx]

I´ve a question to the british list members: 
zapping through the channels last night i stumbled into 
sky news, halfway in a report on child molesters or 
pornography providers.
a photographer tried to take pictures through the window  
of a white bus-like truck with small 
"securicor"-markings above the taillights. some time 
later probably the same truck (iveco-euro, somewhere 
around 7,5 to 12t) was shown from the front, bearing 
really big "securicor" text between frontwindow and 
-grill.
iirc, securicor is a uniformed security business. is 
prisoner transport (regularly) done by private 
contractors in the uk? 

and to get a me-use: how is prisoner transport handled 
elsewhere? this might be interesting for a variety of 
BE/BE missions.

in germany, transport of prisoners is handled on  a 
state level. most states handle transport with 
correctional officers from the states department of 
justice (uniformed, 9mm automatics) and with vans or 
buses in "civilian" colours (though they are easily 
recognized by the small or internally blocked windows 
and their official numberplates. blue lights are 
optional). occasionally state or sometimes federal 
police officers (and their equipment) might reinforce 
these if high-security transports, armored cars or 
helicopters are needed.
"my" state police has marked vans with 4-6 
phone-booth-sized cells for transporting arrested 
persons to i.d.-processing etc. and finally to a judge, 
but usually you see these only at "polizeiliche 
Großlagen", i.e. demonstrations, large soccer games and 
the like. 
some german states, i know from hessen and bavaria, made 
transport a  police task, officers of justice just work 
in courts and prisons. this transport cars wear a 
standard white and/or emerald green police outfight with 
fixed blue lights.

festus
  

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