Government commits to four new prisons in seven years

The Government today setout plans to build four new prisons in the next 7 years, opening up around 6,500 places to lock up dangerous criminals.
Under the 10-year prison capacity strategy, unveiled by the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood, a further 6,400 places will be built in new blocks on current sites, 1,000 rapid deployment cells will be rolled out and over 1,000 existing cells will be refurbished.
This expansion and upgrade plan would open up a total of 14,000 places by 2031, helping to tack