The Government is investing £110m in prison-building plans as it seeks to avoid the prospect of running out of cells across England and Wales.
The funding is intended to support efforts to expand the prison estate and increase capacity, amid warnings that demand for places is putting pressure on the system.
The investment is aimed at preventing what ministers have described as the “nightmare” scenario of having no available cells for people sentenced to custody.
Further details of the projects and the timetable for delivering the additional capacity are expected to form part of the Government’s wider plans for prison construction.
