The price of imprisonment? Now £56,618 a year per prisoner
by Martin Blades | 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 […]
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