Govt to build three new prisons as part of record expansion
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Govt to build three new prisons as part of record expansion
The justice secretary has announced a "record prison expansion" which will see the government build three new prisons.
Shabana Mahmood says the investment will also fund "new cells at existing prisons, with new house blocks and rapid deployment cells opened across the country".
Report by Brooksl.
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