The Justice Secretary has announced plans to rent prison spaces from foreign countries in order to address the increasing demands on the UK’s prison system.
Alex Chalk used his key note speech at the Tory Party conference in Manchester to announce the Government intends to look 'at the Norwegian example and explore renting overseas capacity'.
Prison service insiders in Greater Manchester told the M.E.N. the plan was 'laughable'. READ MORE Man dies after police incident closes section of M60 READ MORE The gangsters from Yorkshire who brought terror to Moss Side's Caribbean Carnival The Ministry of Justice (Moj) says that while progress is made on the prison build programme, all necessary measures need to be taken to ensure 'dangerous criminals continue to see the inside of a prison cell'.
It emerged last year that Manchester City Council wants to bulldoze the ailing Strangeways prison and move it out of the city.