Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 52837
Prison Accommodation: Men
Tabled: 16 May 2025
Answered: 27 May 2025
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the male estate prison capacity in 2028.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinThis Government inherited a prison system in crisis due to the previous government only adding 500 places to the estate in 14 years. If our prisons collapse, courts are forced to suspend trials. The police must halt their arrests, crime goes unpunished, a...
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