Justice Secretary Admits Prisons Will Be Full Again Within 3 Years Despite Building 14,000 More Places
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood
The justice secretary has admitted prisons will be full within three years despite plans to build 14,000 more spaces.
Shabana Mahmood has today announced the expansion programme as part of a 10-year strategy to address the intensely overcrowded system.
It comes after she had to authorise the early release of almost 3,000 prisoners just a week after getting into office to avoid what she called the “total breakdown” of law and order – prisons were... Читать дальше...