Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 31327

Overcrowding: Secure Accommodation

Tabled: 12 February 2025

Answered: 25 February 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce overcrowding on the secure estate.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

This Government inherited a criminal justice system in crisis, with prisons running at over 99% capacity and on the brink of total collapse. If our prisons overflowed, police would have been unable to make arrests and we would have faced the total breakdo...

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