UK Prisons Face Overcrowding Crisis with Space Predicted to Run Out by 2026

Prisons Will Run out of Space by 2026, MPs Warn

The prison system in England and Wales is on the verge of running out of space by early 2026, as years of failed government efforts to expand capacity have left the system in crisis, a parliamentary report has warned. A report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), published on Friday, found that a 2021 plan to create 20,000 additional prison places by the mid-2020s was “completely unrealistic.” Thousands of spaces are now expected to be deli…

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A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity. Prisons are forecast to run out of space again in early 2026 as years of government efforts have failed to create the extra capacity needed, MPs have warned. Plans from 2021 to create 20,000 more prison places by the mid 2020s were “completely unrealistic” and thousands of outstanding spaces are expected to be deliver…

Prisons forecast to run out of space again in early 2026