Prisons: Construction

(asked on 20th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 10,000 new modern adult prison places planned will be additional places.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 25th October 2017

The Government set out its ambition for a reformed prison estate in the November 2016 Prison Safety and Reform White Paper.

Our reforms will close down ageing and ineffective prisons and replace them with buildings fit for today’s demands. Our prison estate will provide 10,000 new prison places that create the physical conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitation outcomes.

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