Wates starts £300m Gartree super prison job

Wates has got the all-clear to start early works on a £300m new Category B super prison in Leicestershire.
The project will deliver 1,700 prison places for the Ministry of Justice, with a focus on enabling rehabilitation of prisoners and delivering social value to the local community.
Work is starting on land adjacent to the existing HMP Gartree, near Market Harborough.Wates will build seven four-storey house blocks, each containing around 245 prisoners, two big workshops and an educa