Super-jails scrapped because of opposition, minister insists
Jack Straw was accused last night of scrapping plans for a new generation of "Titan" super-jails because of a £300m "black hole" in the Government's prisons budget.
Prison expansion is not a sign of tackling crime, because this is like shutting the gate after the horse has bolted. More prisons is just a sign of failure, less prisons is a sign of success. If crime prevention and rehabilitation worked then we would be witnessing a reduction in the size of the penal estate, not statements promising to provide more prison places.
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