THE cost of keeping lags locked up has hit £3.4billion a year — because they’re getting older. Official figures show taxpayers fork out an average of £40,000 to detain a convict for 12 months, up £…
The cost of keeping the UK’s most dangerous inmates locked up inside the most secure jails now stands at about £85,000 a year each.MOST READ IN UK NEWSLEGAL BIDDistressed boy, 11 or 12, got on bus alone in slippers & dressing gown at nightGANGSTERS' PARADISEMum dies falling down stairs as 'hero' son protects sisters from seeing bodyReducing the number of foreign cons would have a major impact on overcrowding, one of the main reasons behind riots.
The Ministry of Justice said: “The rise in costs is due to increased investment in prisons and officers.” Hatton Garden raider blames ‘mastermind’ for the gang getting caught and claims he ‘abandoned them’ when heist didn’t go to plan
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