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Debate between Lucy Frazer and Caroline Johnson
Tuesday 25th February 2020

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Johnson Portrait Dr Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con)
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5. What steps his Department is taking to increase prison capacity.

Lucy Frazer Portrait The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lucy Frazer)
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We are investing £2.5 billion in an additional 10,000 prison places. This is on top of the 3,500 prison places already being built and in the pipeline.

Caroline Johnson Portrait Dr Johnson
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Which types of offenders will my hon. and learned Friend be prioritising for these new prison places, and what will she do to make sure they are given opportunities for reform and that they are places of rehabilitation, not just incarceration?

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