Replacing one prison with another prison doesn’t deal with the overcrowding crisis – Richard Burgon

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Richard
Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary,
commenting on the Tory Government’s plans to build
four new prisons, said

“We need
modern prisons fit for the modern age. But simply replacing one prison with
another prison doesn’t deal with the overcrowding crisis. No amount of press
releases can distract from that.”

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