 A month later, Boateng threatened to privatise Brixton Prison if improvements were not made by management to the regime and conditions at the jail.In the spring of 2000 a surprise inspection by HM Inspectorate of Prisons resulted in the Director of the Prison Service being summoned to see the appalling conditions in which prisoners with mental health issues were being kept.The Governor was removed the same day, only to be reappointed to run HM Prison Downview a few weeks later.