Prison expansion. Back to the drawing board?

Abstract

When Jack Straw regained responsibility for prisons as Secretary of State for Justice, six years after the end of his tenure as Home Secretary, he found a criminal justice system in crisis, with a prison population at the very edge of what the prison estate could contain. He was also awaiting the results of a review by Government troubleshooter Lord Carter into improving the balance between the supply and demand of prison places.

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Jon Collins

Jon Collins is Campaign Director of the Criminal Justice Alliance