You know how the prisons are ridiculously full? Obviously the fat, lazy cops just preying on motorists while waiting for their gold plated pensions are doing something right.
Well to deal with this the government have decided to build a spanking new super prison holding 2,000 inmates. To help pay for this they are closing six older prisons that hold 2,600 inmates.
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Six prisons in England are to be closed and three more will be partially shut, the Ministry of Justice has announced.
It will result in the loss of 2,600 places in what the statement called "old and uneconomic" prisons and is expected to save £63m per year from the cost of running prisons.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says it also plans to build a new super prison with 2,000 places.
The six prisons that are to close are Bullwood Hall in Essex, Canterbury, Gloucester, Kingston in Portsmouth, Shepton Mallet in Somerset and Shrewsbury.
Prisons in Chelmsford, Hull and Isle of Wight are to be partially closed.
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Can anyone else see a potential issue here? Like losing 600 spaces?
Of course the cynic in me is sure that the new 'super' prison wont be run by the private sector...
