Cant go back in time and make decisions on prisons. Any building is going to be some way off now.
Well locally both prisons in Northamptonshire are expanding adding about 750 spaces
It’s a mixture of all things it all has to be joined up
So increase the sentences
Send more people to prison
And increase prison capacity
And increase staff to ensure when people are released on licence they are unlikely to offend and be returned
There’s also staffing the home office to prioritise the two current processes to send foreign prisoners back to their countries once sentenced or as they are released
It’s just joined up government and this isn’t getting on to probation and parole and magistrates and court funding
Or police services