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Three prisons in England and Wales have been given the lowest rating for performance, a government report says.
There is "serious concern" over Oakwood Prison, near Wolverhampton; Thameside Prison, in south-east London; and Winchester Prison, the Ministry of Justice reveals in an annual report.
They were the only prisons of 134 to be rated level one - the lowest category.
Oakwood is run by private firm G4S, Thameside by Serco and Winchester is run by the Prison Service.
'Deteriorated sharply'
Oakwood opened in April 2012 and is one of the largest jails in the country, with capacity for 1,600 male inmates.
On its website, the prison says that it aspires to be regarded as "the leading prison in the world" within five years.
Thameside opened in March 2012 and can hold 900 male prisoners.
Winchester Prison, built in 1846, was criticised by inspectors earlier this year after two elderly disabled men were locked up together for almost 24 hours a day, without easy access to showers.
Inspectors said standards at the jail had "deteriorated sharply".
Two weeks ago, the MoJ said both G4S and Serco had over-charged the government by "tens of millions of pounds" for providing electronic tags for criminals.
Performance grading
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is responsible for agreeing and publishing annual performance ratings for each prison in England and Wales.
NOMS looks at how prisons have done on public protection, reducing reoffending, decency and resource management and operational effectiveness.
Performance is graded into four bands - four indicates exceptional performance; three means a majority of targets have been met; two indicates overall performance is of concern and one suggest performance is of serious concern.
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