Solving overcrowding in prisons is “not a money problem”, Labour shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood said on Sunday.
Labour promised to deliver 14,000 more prison places as it blamed Conservative inaction for the prison estate “bursting at the seams”.
“So we can move much faster than this Government, who have let themselves get bogged down by backbencher complaints and the planning process, so we can deliver the full 20,000 .” Classifying prisons as sites of national importance so ministers can take control of planning decisions would stop the “powder keg waiting to explode” behind bars, Ms Mahmood said.
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