Ms Mahmood used the jail to make a speech setting out her plan to release thousands of prisoners early in a bid to free up space behind bars.
Five Wells has faced severe staffing shortages with one report highlighting that only 272 of the almost 750 staff hired since it opened had stayed less than two years after it opened.A Northamptonshire Police spokesperson said: “Officers were called to reports of the sudden death of a 49-year-old man at His Majesty Prison Five Wells in Wellingborough at about 9.30am today .and are working closely with the prison to establish the circumstances which have led to the man’s death.
“We simply cannot build our way out of this problem, so in order to make sure there’s always a prison place for the people that need to be locked up and that we never run out of prison places again, we do have to have an independent review of sentencing.” She added: “Later this week I will set out a realistic plan for building the 14,000 prison places that we need in my 10-year capacity strategy and I will ensure that our prisons are never left on the point of collapse again.”
Chairman of the Justice Committee Andy Slaughter had described some of the UK’s existing prisons as “little more than a human warehouse”.The Labour MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick said: “The condition, especially of our Victorian prisons, is not conducive to rehabilitation or preparation for life on release. The Government is pressing ahead with the construction of 20,000 new prison places, which their predecessor failed to honour.
“What thought in the design and operation of these major new prisons has been given to the training, education, addiction and
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