EVERY PRISON 'FULL BY JULY'
The Sunday Mirror|May 28, 2023
Jails chief wants lags freed early
SEAN RAYMENT
EVERY PRISON 'FULL BY JULY'

EVERY jail in England and Wales will be completely full within six weeks, prison chiefs warn.  

There are only 900 places left and the system will not have room for a single extra inmate by July, they say.

Andrea Albutt, president of the Prison Governors Association, is calling for the Government to "be brave and let lags out early.

There are currently 85,190 prisoners in England and Wales - 5,000 more than this time last year.

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