Prisons: Overcrowding
Commons · Question 45574 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43038 on Prisons: Overcrowding, how many and what proportion of the Operation Safeguard police cells made available overnight were used.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 29 Apr 2025
Operation Safeguard is an important contingency measure used to ensure that the current demand on prison places does not cause undue disruption to Criminal Justice System partners. The first places were activated by the previous Government in February 202...