Prisons: Overcrowding
Commons · Question 7421 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Grahame Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to alleviate prison overcrowding.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 15 Oct 2024
Reducing prison overcrowding is a significant challenge inherited from the previous Government. The Department’s priority is to ensure there is enough capacity in the prison estate in the short and longer term. In July, we were forced to announced a packa...