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More cells being built within prisons to help tackle overcrowding
The plan would create hundreds of places by converting unused prison spaces and speed up a 1,700-place jail project, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Justice Secretary Alex Norris announced in Parliament a £110 million investment to create hundreds of prison places by converting existing offices and laundry rooms into cells.
- Prisons in England and Wales currently operate at 97% capacity, prompting the government to fast-track internal conversions to address the urgent space crisis.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that killers of Thames Valley Police officer Andrew Harper and all convicted of unlawful killing are excluded from early release schemes.
- The move means 1,400 extra prisoners will remain behind bars, limiting the scheme's capacity to create room for newly convicted offenders.
- Prison Officers' Association chair Mark Fairhurst questioned the plan, asking "where are the staff coming from to supervise people" if capacity expands without staffing increases.
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