Prison population hits new high
A record number of inmates are in jails in England and Wales after the prison population topped 84,000 for the first time, according to official figures yesterday.
The number of prisoners rose by 88 this week to bring the overall population today to 84,150. Ministry of Justice figures show that the prison population has almost doubled in the past 25 years.
Numbers have risen every year since the beginning of the century and are predicted to rise as high as 95,800 by 2015.
The Government has embarked on a huge prison-building programme, including plans for five huge 1,500-space jails.
£2.3 billion of taxpayers money is to be thrown into a large hole with no return.
Phil Wheatley, the Director General of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), described it as the “biggest prison-building programme in Western Europe”.
I don't think that being the Prison capital of Western Europe is anything to boast about. Rather, we should be ashamed!
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