MPs warn prisons may run of out of space in three years amid government failures

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MPs warn prisons may run of out of space in three years amid government failures
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Public Accounts Committee says high-risk inmates are being held in low-security jails as a result of overcrowding

had slowed the number of new inmates because of a pause in jury trials and fall in court cases being heard, but that “robust plans” were needed for future waves of the virus.would eventually be processed and officials “expect the demand for prison places to increase as courts and the CPS return to full capacity”.

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