Labour aims to build new prisons
Manchester Evening News|June 10, 2024
THE shadow justice secretary yesterday declined to rule out Labour ending the Tories’ early prisoner release scheme, despite party leader Sir Keir Starmer saying he was “critical” of the strategy.
Labour aims to build new prisons

The plan introduced under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak allows some prisoners to be released up to 70 days before the end of their sentence, in an effort to ease overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales.

The Tories had previously promised to deliver 20,000 new prison places, and 6,000 have been created so far. Labour said it would ensure the delivery of the remaining 14,000 by unblocking the planning process and boosting the prison-building programme.

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