Covid-19: Impact on the Prison System Debate
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Lord Jones of Cheltenham
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Covid-19: Impact on the Prison System
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Lord Jones of Cheltenham (LD) [V]
Will the Minister look at the study Rehabilitation by Design, which was sent to the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office, and emulate experiences from around the world which make prisons better places of learning and true rehabilitation as well as making it easier for prison officers to monitor the condition of prisoners?
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con)
My Lords, we look at a broad range of research, including the study to which the noble Lord referred. We drew on that study when designing the new-build prisons to ensure that the additional 18,000 prison places are safe, decent and secure. We have committed over £4 billion to deliver these prison places across England and Wales by the middle of this decade.