Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 31378

Prisons: Overcrowding and Staff

Tabled: 12 February 2025

Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure prisons are not (a) overcrowded and (b) understaffed.

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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