The plans announced by the Government today are 'laughable', according to one Manchester prison source
The Justice Secretary has announced plans to rent prison spaces from foreign countries in order to address the increasing demands on the UK’s prison system.
After the Government announced plans to rent prison cells abroad, one well-placed prison service source in Greater Manchester told the M.E.N: "They cannot staff the service as it is. How would they expect to transfer these dangerous people out of the country maintaining security and safety of the public?
Andrea Coomber, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: "This is a national embarrassment and one that should come to symbolise the misguidance and misdirection characterising prisons policy in England and Wales for decades. The plans that would see prisoners put in foreign jails would be delivered through legislation, which the MoJ said will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows.
“Alongside our extra 20,000 prison places programme, refurbishment of old prisons and rapid deployment cells, renting prison places in other countries will ensure that we always have the space to keep the public safe from the most dangerous offenders.”
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