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Plan to spice up jail capability might ‘value £4bn additional’ and be brief 1000’s of cell areas

By Editorial Board Published December 4, 2024 6 Min Read
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Plan to spice up jail capability might ‘value £4bn additional’ and be brief 1000’s of cell areas

Authorities plans to spice up jail capability might value billions greater than estimated and fall brief by 1000’s of cell areas, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has warned.

The Nationwide Audit Workplace (NAO) stated present plans to broaden prisons are “insufficient to meet future demand”, with a projected scarcity of 12,400 jail locations by the tip of 2027.

The prices are anticipated to be between £9.4bn and £10.1bn – at the very least £4.2bn greater than 2021 estimates – attributable to rising building costs, the NAO stated.

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Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour authorities has been releasing 1000’s of inmates early since September to chop jail overcrowding, however prisons are nonetheless anticipated to achieve vital capability once more by July.

A report revealed on Wednesday blamed the earlier Conservative authorities for failing to make sure coverage modifications together with longer jail sentences and extra police matched the house out there in prisons.

Campaigners stated the findings have been “damning” and the spiralling prices are “eye-watering”.

The NAO stated the Tory authorities’s 2021 pledge to create an additional 20,000 cell areas by constructing extra prisons and non permanent wings and refurbishing present cell blocks doubtless is not going to be met till 2031 – 5 years later than promised.

Labour have promised to proceed the earlier authorities’s pledge. However as of September, simply one-third of the 20,000 locations had been made out there, the NAO stated.

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Delays have been all the way down to “unrealistic timelines” and overestimating the flexibility to get planning permission for half of the six new prisons attributable to be constructed.

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, which scrutinises authorities spending, stated prisons have been “already at the brink” and it was “unacceptable” that plans “beset with delays” wouldn’t meet future demand.

“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has been in firefighting mode, prioritising short-term solutions to the crisis. These are not only expensive but also increase risks to prisoners, staff and public safety,” he stated.

“The government must pull together a coherent and viable long-term plan for a prison estate that meets demand and delivers value for taxpayers’ money.”

The report added: “Years of under-investment in maintaining the prison estate put Ministry of Justice and HMPPS in a weak position to respond to these increases.”

It stated the present growth plans are “insufficient to meet projected future demand”, with the MoJ “relying” on measures just like the sentencing evaluation introduced by Labour in October.

File photo dated 16/10/13 of HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow. Almost 400 short-term prisoners could be released in the new year under Scottish Government plans to ease pressure on the country's prisons. Angela Constance announced in October the Government would seek to amend the automatic release point for prisoners serving less than four years from the current 50% to 40%. Issue date: Tuesday November 19, 2024.

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The evaluation will look to “reduce demand for prison places and close the gap between demand and capacity” and “address a projected shortage of 12,400 prison places by the end of 2027, should its central population projection be realised”, the report stated.

The NAO warned the MoJ “does not have any contingency plans to increase prison capacity as it views it has limited options left to do this”.

Pia Sinha, chief government of the Jail Reform Belief, stated the findings have been “damning” and revealed the “negligence of previous governments and their approach to penal policy” which has left taxpayers dealing with an “eye-watering bill with no certainty on when the ongoing prison capacity crisis will end”.

File photo dated 28/11/07 of the entrance to HMP Rochester in Rochester, Kent. Inmates blocked gaps under their cell doors with cardboard and towels to stave off a rat infestation at the failing prison put into special measures by a watchdog, a report has said. Issue date: Tuesday November 12, 2024.

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HMP Rochester in Kent was put into particular measures in November after a rat infestation. File pic: PA

Andrea Coomber, chief government of the Howard League for Penal Reform, stated the “scathing” report confirms “we cannot build our way out of the prison capacity crisis”, including: “We have to reduce demand on a system that has been asked to do too much, with too little, for too long.”

Head of the NAO Gareth Davies stated: “The government must learn lessons from the current prison capacity crisis to ensure the long-term resilience and cost-effectiveness of the prison estate.”

Prisons Minister Lord Timpson stated: “This report lays bare the litany of failures which brought our prison system to the brink. This not only risked public safety but added billions in extra costs to taxpayers.

“We have now already taken speedy motion to handle the crowding chaos engulfing our jails and can now deal with enhancing situations in the long run. This consists of shortly publishing a 10-year jail capability technique to put our jails on a sustainable footing.”

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