Probation service pays undisclosed sum to ex-contractor after racial harassment

HMP Reading. Lloyd Odain suffered discrimination and harassment while working at the probation service’s office in the city. Photograph: wyrdlight/Alamy

HM Prison and Probation Service has paid an undisclosed settlement to a former contractor who endured racial discrimination and harassment, including monkey chants.

Lloyd Odain, who worked for the probation service, was subject to incidents of racial discrimination by another contractor in 2019.