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Minister says UK ‘can’t build way out of capacity crisis’ as new jail opens

A new prison, which will hold approximately 1,500 inmates, has opened but left Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warning the UK "simply cannot build our way out of the prisons capacity crisis".
Category: Prison
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