26 March 2026
The Ministry of Justice has published its annual costs per prisoner figures for 2024–25, revealing that the overall average cost of holding a prisoner in England and Wales has risen to £56,618 per year — up from £53,801 the previous year, an increase of £2,817 or 5.2 per cent. The figures, published today (26 March […]
26 March 2026
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30 August 2023
The government is spending millions of pounds to house inmates in police cells because of prison overcrowding an investigation has revealed. Data from 13 police forces obtained by Channel 4 using Freedom of Information requests reveals that the Ministry of Justice spent at least £4.9 million to put prisoners up in police cells. The true […]
9 March 2023
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