HUNDREDS of prisoners will be held in police stations because crisis-hit jails are nearly full. Taxpayers face forking out millions to house them — with each police cell costing at least £450 a ni…
Those in police cells are likely to be there a maximum of 24 hours.During the long- runningAnd an increase in police officers has seen more arrests — and so more people going to prison.A further 1,700 will come when HMP Fosse Way, in Leics, opens next spring.
Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed blasted: “Conservatives cut more than 10,000 prison places since 2010.
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