UK prisons could run out of space within a year and only half of new places will be built
The ambitious 2021 plans to introduce 20,000 new prison places by the mid-2020s are set to be delivered five years behind ...
Prisons set to run out of spaces again within a year despite early release scheme, MPs warn
Many prisoner are living in ‘inhumane conditions’ and the government must act now to avert disaster, the Public Accounts ...
UK prisons predicted to hit capacity by 2026 despite government's expansion plans, MPs warn
The HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) remains operating 'hand to mouth', while the service acknowledges it as ...
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Prisons face ‘total gridlock’ in 2026 amid failure to increase capacity – MPs
“This includes delivering 14,000 new, modern prison places by 2031 and reviewing sentencing so we never run out of space again. We’ll carefully consider the Committee’s recommendations as ...
UK’s ‘most dangerous prisoner’ on hunger strike after PlayStation confiscated
Locked in a glass cage under Wakefield Prison, quadruple killer Robert Maudsley has been condemned as Britain’s most ...
Prisons face ‘total gridlock’ in 2026 amid failure to increase capacity – MPs
A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity.