The justice secretary has said even under the government's plans to open 14,000 more prison places, they could still run out of space over the next few years.
Shabana Mahmood told that "building alone is not enough" to deal with the critical lack of space in UK jails

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Shabana Mahmood says she will publish a ‘realistic’ plan later this week that will lead to 14,000 extra places being built.

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AN extra 14,000 prison places will be created in the next seven years, ­Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood will say today. Four jails will be built as planning rules are eased together with 6,400 cells developed on existing sites in a £2.3billion spending blitz. Last week the go-ahead was given for a 1,700-space prison next to […]

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Britain cannot solely fix its problems with a lack of prison places by just building more prisons, the Justice Secretary has said, amid warnings that existing jails are “little more than human warehouses”.

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Minister warns prison space may run out despite expansion plans

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