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The UK will seek to rent prison space from foreign countries to combat the shortage of domestic jail places, under plans announced at the Conservative party conference.
Under any agreement struck, inmates could be moved to another country provided the facilities, regime and rehabilitation met British standards.
The lord chancellor and justice secretary, Alex Chalk, told the conference: “This government is doing more than any since the Victorian era to expand prison capacity.
“The red warning light of a looming capacity crisis has been flashing on the Prison Service dashboard for a number of months.
They urgently need to bring forward practical plans to reduce pressure on the system, including the executive release of some prisoners.
Shabana Mahmood MP, the shadow justice secretary, said: “There’s no greater symbol of the way in which the Tories have run our criminal justice system into the ground than the fact they are ‘exploring’ putting prisoners in foreign jails because they are incapable of building the prisons places this country needs to keep our people safe.
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The UK will seek to rent prison space from foreign countries to combat the shortage of domestic jail places, under plans announced at the Conservative party conference.
Under any agreement struck, inmates could be moved to another country provided the facilities, regime and rehabilitation met British standards.
The lord chancellor and justice secretary, Alex Chalk, told the conference: “This government is doing more than any since the Victorian era to expand prison capacity.
“The red warning light of a looming capacity crisis has been flashing on the Prison Service dashboard for a number of months.
They urgently need to bring forward practical plans to reduce pressure on the system, including the executive release of some prisoners.
Shabana Mahmood MP, the shadow justice secretary, said: “There’s no greater symbol of the way in which the Tories have run our criminal justice system into the ground than the fact they are ‘exploring’ putting prisoners in foreign jails because they are incapable of building the prisons places this country needs to keep our people safe.
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