Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they continue to share the view of the then Secretary of State, as cited in the House of Commons Justice Committee report, Prisons: planning and policies, 9th report of 2014–15 (HC309), that overcrowding leading to prisoners sharing cells is not a major problem; and if not, by what date they anticipate that prisoners will not be required to share cells.
Answered on
12 April 2017
We will build up to 10,000 modern prison places which will replace places in ageing and ineffective prisons reducing the current levels of crowding as we will be providing buildings fit for today’s demands and able to support effective rehabilitation. This new accommodation is designed to have predominantly single cells.